The use of small-scale specimens for testing irradiated material

Book · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5409208

Corwin, W R; Lucas, G E

This book presents information on The Use of Small-Scale Specimens for Testing Irradiated Material. Efforts to reduce specimen size have always been a concern in testing materials. However, recent efforts to develop materials for nuclear fusion reactors have provided increased interest in scaling down mechanical test specimen sizes. This book provides information on selection, design, testing and evaluation of subsize specimens for use in determining mechanical properties of irradiated materials. Recent development in the field is either based on a miniaturization or scaling down of ''conventional'' test specimens or on novel, unconventional techniques. The former includes such techniques as miniature tensile, fatigue, fatigue crack growth, impact, and fracture toughness tests. The latter group of unconventional tests includes disk bend, punch, and ball microhardness.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Labs.
• OSTI ID: 5409208
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BENDING
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CRACK PROPAGATION
DUCTILITY
FATIGUE
FRACTURE MECHANICS
HARDNESS
IMPACT STRENGTH
MATERIALS
MATERIALS TESTING
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
MECHANICS
MICROHARDNESS
MINIATURIZATION
RADIATION EFFECTS
SAMPLE PREPARATION
SIZE
TENSILE PROPERTIES
TESTING
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR MATERIALS