Modeling the hydrogen-induced cracking of titanium alloys in nuclear waste repository environments

JOM

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-26

  Hua, Fred ^a   Mon, Kevin ^b   Pasupathi, Pasu ^a   Gordon, Gerald ^b   Shoesmith, David ^c  

^a Bechtel SAIC Company LLC   (United States)

^b AREVA NP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; CRACK PROPAGATION; GAS ABSORPTION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

HYDROGEN ABSORPTION; HYDROGEN INDUCED CRACKING; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY; WASTE PACKAGE DESIGN;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

EID: 14344255026     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-005-0059-4     Document Type: Article

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