Uncertainties of creep model in stress analysis and life prediction of graphite component

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2256-2260

  Wang, Haitao ^a   Yu, Suyuan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CREEP TESTING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; GAS COOLED REACTORS; GRAPHITE; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS; LEAD; MAINTENANCE; MODAL ANALYSIS; SERVICE LIFE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

(ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC) STRESS; CREEP MODELS; CREEP STRAINS; ELSEVIER (CO); FINITE ELEMENT (FE) CODE; FINITE ELEMENT SOLUTIONS; GRAPHITE COMPONENTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS COOLED REACTORS (HTGR); KEY FACTORS; LARGE DISCREPANCIES; LIFE PREDICTIONS; NUCLEAR GRAPHITES; NUMERICA L RESULTS; PARAMETER VARIATIONS; PRIMARY CREEP; STRESS LEVELS;

CREEP;

EID: 48149099749     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.02.029     Document Type: Article

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