Evaluation of the fracture strength for silicon carbide layers in the tri-isotropic-coated fuel particle

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 184-191

  Hong, Seong Gu ^a,b,c   Byun, Thak Sang ^a   Lowden, Richard A ^a   Snead, Lance L ^a   Katoh, Yutai ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (South Korea)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSH TEST TECHNIQUES; INTERNAL PRESSURIZATION; NUCLEAR FUEL PARTICLES; PARAMETER DISTRIBUTION;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; NUCLEAR FUELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SILICON CARBIDE; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 33846128462     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.01367.x     Document Type: Article

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