Thermal striping limits for components of sodium cooled fast spectrum reactors

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 239, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2754-2765

  Chellapandi, P ^a   Chetal, S C ^a   Raj, Baldev ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT POWER; CREEP-FATIGUE; CREEP-FATIGUE DAMAGE; FAST SPECTRUM REACTORS; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; HYDRAULIC COMPUTATION; MATERIAL DATA; POWER FAILURE; PUMP TRIPS; STRUCTURAL WALLS; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; THERMAL ATTENUATION; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS; THERMAL STRIPING;

CREEP; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; REACTOR CORES; SODIUM; THERMAL CYCLING;

FATIGUE DAMAGE;

EID: 70449622765     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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