Influence of oxidation on toughness parameters for two nuclear grade graphites

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1259-1264

  Ouagne, Pierre ^a,b   Neighbour, Gareth B ^a,c   McEnaney, Brian ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAPHITE; OXIDATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DECAY CURVE; DECAY PARAMETER; FILLER PARTICLES; FRACTURE PROPERTIES;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 24144481490     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/38/8/025     Document Type: Article

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