Fretting fatigue and wear damage of structural components in nuclear power stations-Fitness for service and life management perspective

Tribology International

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1294-1304

  Helmi Attia, M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fretting fatigue; Fretting wear; Nuclear components; Risk management

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FRETTING FATIGUE; FRETTING WEAR; NUCLEAR COMPONENTS; PROBLEM NONLINEARITY;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 33746715592     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2006.02.052     Document Type: Article

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