Experimental and numerical investigations of the warm-prestressing (WPS) effect considering different load paths

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-96

  Kordisch, H ^a   Boschen R ^a   Blauel, J G ^a   Schmitt, W ^a   Nagel, G ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

^b EON Kernkraft GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE VESSELS; REACTOR CORES; STRESS ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

BEREMIN MODEL; CORE WELD METAL; WARM PRESTRESSING EFFECT;

WELDS;

EID: 17544389621     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00282-4     Document Type: Article

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