Influence of pwr primary coolamt environment on corrosion fatigue crack growth of austenitic stainless steel

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 193-205

  Tice, David ^a   Platts, Norman ^a   Rigby, Keith ^a   Stairmand, John ^a   Swan, David ^b  

^a SERCO ASSURANCE   (United Kingdom)

^b Rolls Royce ^*

Author keywords

Corrosion; Cracking; EAC; Fatigue; PWR

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; EAC; INERT CRACK GROWTH; REACTOR CIRCUIT COMPONENTS;

CORROSION FATIGUE; CRACK PROPAGATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DEFECTS; FATIGUE TESTING; PRESSURE VESSEL CODES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 29144443624     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/PVP2005-71563     Document Type: Conference Paper

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