TY - JOUR TI - An overview of R and D work performed in France concerning the risk of brittle fracture of transport casks AB - An overview is given of the methodology followed in France to evaluate the risk of brittle fracture in transport casks. Various aspects are considered in this evaluation. First; the material characterisation: effect of strain rate and temperature on tensile properties and toughness. Secondly: evaluation of applied stress under dynamic loading and criteria to define worst cases (time, distribution). Thirdly: the global validation is presented to demonstrate that the whole methodology is conservative; consideration of representative analytical cases where initiation is obtained under controlled conditions. Results are presented concerning cast ductile iron and carbon steel materials. (author). AU - "Moulin, D" AU - "Yuritzinn, T [CEA Centre d`Etudes de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France)]" AU - "Sert, G [CEA Centre d`Etudes de Fontenay-aux-Roses, 92 (France). Inst. de Protection et de Surete Nucleaire]" KW - "42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES" KW - "CASKS" KW - "FRACTURE PROPERTIES" KW - "CARBON STEELS" KW - "CAST IRON" KW - "FRANCE" KW - "RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS" KW - "RESEARCH PROGRAMS" KW - "TRANSPORT" DO - https://doi.org/ UR - PB - CY - United Kingdom PY - 1995 DA - 1995-09-01 LA - English J2 - [] VL - 6 C1 - C2 - C3 - CONF-9410134- C4 - C5 - L3 - Journal Name: International Journal of Radioactive Materials Transport; Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 2-3; Conference: Brittle fracture safety assessment, Krefeld (Germany), 27-28 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1995 ER -