A study of the characteristics of the acoustic emission signals for condition monitoring of check valves in nuclear power plants

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1411-1421

  Lee, Joon Hyun ^a   Lee, Min Rae ^a   Kim, Jung Teak ^b   Luk, Vincent ^c   Jung, Yoong Ho ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CONDITION MONITORING; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MAINTENANCE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

CHECK VALVES; DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION; FLOW LOOP; SAFETY FUNCTION;

SAFETY VALVES;

EID: 33646497458     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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