Crack branching and its effect on environmentally assisted cracking in high temperature water environments

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 917-927

  Lu, Zhanpeng ^a   Xue, He ^a   Shoji, Tetsuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS RESULTS; AUSTENITIC ALLOYS; BRANCHED CRACKS; COMPACT TENSION SPECIMEN; CONTOURED DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM; CRACK BRANCHING; CRACK GROWTH BEHAVIOR; CRACK KINKING; CRACK TIP STRAIN RATE; CRACK TIP STRESS; ENVIRONMENTALLY ASSISTED CRACKING; HIGH-TEMPERATURE WATER; MECHANICAL FIELD; MULTIPLE BRANCHING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION METHOD;

CANTILEVER BEAMS; CRACK TIPS; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POWER PLANT LABORATORIES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURE VESSELS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRAIN RATE; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

CRACKS;

EID: 80155127464     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/PVP2010-25818     Document Type: Conference Paper

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