Environmentally assisted crack growth of cold-worked type 304 stainless steel in PWR environments

Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems-Water Reactors

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1037-1048

  Tice, David ^a   Platts, Norman ^a   Rigby, Keith ^a   Stairmand, John ^a   Fairbrother, Howard ^a  

^a SERCO ASSURANCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cold work; Crack growth; PWR; Stainless steel; Stress corrosion

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COLD WORKING; COOLANTS; CYCLIC LOADS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; STAINLESS STEEL; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

CYCLIC CRACK GROWTH RATE; INTERGRANULAR DEFECT; LOADING FREQUENCY; LOCALIZED CRACK EXTENSION;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 33745217572     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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