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Title: Fracture mechanics toughness behavior of pressure vessel steels in the ductile-to-brittle transition region: An important issue to nuclear reactor integrity

Conference ·
OSTI ID:403283
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  1. CTMSP, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
  2. IPEN, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
  3. CNEA, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  4. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  5. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)

ASTM E-08 Committee has been developing a new standard, to deal with the fracture mechanics behavior of steels in the ductile to brittle transition region. This paper presents a comparison between the current approach and a new proposal to be used by the nuclear industry to face the problem of determining the behavior of ferritic steels. An emphasis will be given to the application of this proposal and its evaluation using a Brazilian A508 Class 3 nuclear steel.

OSTI ID:
403283
Report Number(s):
CONF-960706-; ISBN 0-7918-1771-7; TRN: 97:000218
Resource Relation:
Conference: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) pressure vessels and piping conference, Montreal (Canada), 21-26 Jul 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Fatigue and fracture -- 1996: Volume 2. PVP-Volume 324; Yoon, K.K. [ed.] [Framatome Technologies, Lynchburg, VA (United States)]; Bhandari, S. [ed.] [Framatome, Paris (France)]; Bloom, J.M. [ed.] [Babcock and Wilcox, Alliance, OH (United States)]; Mehta, H. [ed.] [GE Nuclear Energy, San Jose, CA (United States)]; Wilkowski, G. [ed.] [Battelle, Columbus, OH (United States)]; PB: 295 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English