Cleavage fracture of RPV steel following warm pre-stressing: Micromechanical analysis and interpretation through a new model

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 29, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 799-816

  Bordet, S R ^a   Tanguy, Benoit ^a   Besson, J ^a   Bugat, Stephane ^b   Moinereau, Dominique ^b   Pineau, Andre ^a  

^a CENTRE DES MATÉRIAUX   (France)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Beremin model; Cleavage fracture; Local approach; RPV steel; Structural integrity; WPS

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LOAD TESTING; NOTCHED BAR TENSILE TESTING; PRESTRESSING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSIENTS;

LOAD-COOL WITH INCREASING K-FRACTURE (LCIKF); LOAD-COOL-FRACTURE (LCF); LOAD-UNLOAD-COOL-FRACTURE (LUCF); WARM PRE-STRESS (WPS);

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 33747197431     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2006.01032.x     Document Type: Article

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