Effect of specimen thickness on the tensile deformation properties of SA508 Cl.3 reactor pressure vessel steel

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1329, Issue , 1998, Pages 575-587

  Byun, Thak Sang ^a   Kim, Joo Hark ^a   Chi, Se Hwan ^a   Hong, Jun Hwa ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Critical thickness; Fracture surface; Miniature tensile specimen; Necking angle; Reactor pressure vessel steel; Strain component ratio; Thickness effect

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MORPHOLOGY; PRESSURE VESSELS; STEEL STRUCTURES; STEEL TESTING; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS;

NECKING; REACTOR PRESSURE VESSELS (RPV); STRAIN COMPONENT RATIO; TENSILE DEFORMATION;

TENSILE TESTING;

EID: 11744279457     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp38013s     Document Type: Article

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