Probabilistic assessment of thermal fatigue in nuclear components

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 235, Issue 17-19, 2005, Pages 1819-1835

  Sudret, B ^a   Guede Z ^b  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b Inst Francais de Mecanique Avancee   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; THERMAL LOAD; THERMOANALYSIS;

FIRST-ORDER RELIABILITY METHOD (FORM); NUCLEAR COMPONENTS; STRESS CYCLES; THERMAL FATIGUE;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 23744462348     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2005.05.016     Document Type: Article

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