Damage, crack growth and fracture characteristics of nuclear grade graphite using the Double Torsion technique

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 414, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-43

  Becker, T H ^a   Marrow, T J ^b   Tait, R B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE MATERIALS; CRACK BRIDGING; CRACK GROWTH; CRACK INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; CRACK PATHS; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; DOUBLE TORSION; DOUBLE-TORSION TECHNIQUE; ELASTIC-PLASTIC FRACTURE; ELECTRONIC SPECKLE PATTERN INTERFEROMETRY; FRACTURE CHARACTERISTICS; FRACTURE PROCESS ZONE; FRACTURE RESISTANCE; FULL-FIELD; IN-PLANE DISPLACEMENT; IRREVERSIBLE ENERGY; J INTEGRAL; LINEAR-ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; NON-LINEARITY; POLYGRANULAR GRAPHITES; R-CURVES; SURFACE DISPLACEMENT;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAPHITE; MECHANICS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; TORSIONAL STRESS;

CRACKS;

EID: 79958017000     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.04.058     Document Type: Article

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