Local approach to fracture based prediction of the ΔT56J ΔTKIc,100 shifts due to irradiation for an A508 pressure vessel steel

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-206

  Tanguy, Benoit ^a   Bouchet, C ^a   Bugat, S ^b   Besson, J ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Charpy test; Ductile to brittle transition; Fracture toughness; Irradiation embrittlement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUCTILITY; EMBRITTLEMENT; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; PRESSURE VESSELS; STEEL STRUCTURES; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOPLASTICITY;

BRITTLE TRANSITION; CHARPY TEST; IRRADIATION EMBRITTLEMENT;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 27644545957     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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