Unification of reactor elastomeric sealing based on material

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 243, Issue , 2012, Pages 404-418

  Sinha, N K ^a   Raj, Baldev ^a,b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b Department of Cardiology PS Govindasamy Naidu Institute of Medical Sciences and Research   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED HEAVY WATER REACTORS; ANTI-FRICTION COATINGS; AXISYMMETRIC MODELING; BLEND RATIOS; FLUOROELASTOMERS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PERFLUOROELASTOMERS; PLANE-STRAIN; POLYMER ARCHITECTURE; PRESSURIZED HEAVY WATER REACTORS; PROTOTYPE FAST BREEDER REACTORS; SEALING APPLICATIONS; TEFLON-LIKE COATINGS;

BREEDER REACTORS; COATINGS; EXTRUSION MOLDING; FAST REACTORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAVY WATER; HEAVY WATER REACTORS; INJECTION MOLDING; MANUFACTURE;

SEALS;

EID: 84855859648     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2011.11.025     Document Type: Article

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