Intensely irradiated steel components: Plastic and fracture properties, and a new concept of structural design criteria for assuring the structural integrity

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 240, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1290-1305

  Suzuki, Kazuhiko ^a   Jitsukawa, Shiro ^a   Okubo, Nariaki ^a   Takada, Fumiki ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

BASIC CONCEPTS; CRITICAL ISSUES; CYCLIC PROPERTY; CYCLIC SOFTENING; DEFORMATION PROCESS; FLAT PLATE; FRACTURE PROPERTY; FRACTURE STRAIN; HIGH-CYCLE FATIGUES; IRRADIATED STEELS; IRRADIATION HARDENING; LOADING TYPES; MODES OF FAILURE; NEW CONCEPT; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PLASTIC COLLAPSE; PLASTIC STRAIN RANGE; POTENTIAL FAILURE MODES; PRE-STRAIN; STRUCTURAL CODES; SURFACE CRACKS; SWIFT EQUATIONS; TENSILE INSTABILITIES; TENSILE LOADING; TRUE STRAIN; TRUE STRESS;

AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; DUCTILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE TESTING; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LOADING; MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; PLASTICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STEEL RESEARCH; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE DEFECTS; TENSILE STRESS;

DUCTILE FRACTURE;

EID: 77950932049     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2010.02.031     Document Type: Article

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