Failure characteristics of cladding tubes under RIA conditions

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2206-2218

  Leclercq, Sylvain ^a   Parrot, Aurore ^a   Leroy, Maurice ^b  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POWER PLANTS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); RELIABILITY; SODIUM; STANDARDS; TESTING; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AXIAL TENSIONS; BIAXIALITY; BURST TESTING; CLADDING TUBES; EXPERIMENTAL DATABASE; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; FAILURE CHARACTERISTICS; FAILURE CRITERION; INTERNATIONAL (CO); IRRADIATION CONDITIONS; LOADING CONDITIONS; MECHANICAL MODELLING; MECHANICAL TESTS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PLANE STRAIN CONDITIONS; REACTIVITY INSERTION;

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EID: 48349131685     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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