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Fracture mechanics investigations within the swiss surveillance programme for the pressure vessel of modern nuclear power plants

Abstract

In the frame of surveillance programmes of Swiss nuclear power plants, irradiation tests have been performed on tensile, impact and wedge opening load specimens as well as on three point bend-type specimens (for J-integral investigations) and pre-cracked Charpy impact specimens (for dynamical stress intensities K{sub ID}). An experimental method (potential drop technique) is used together with a mathematical procedure which allow for the determination of the stress intensity K{sub IC} for small CT-samples instead of large ones: agreement of these both methods is found excellent, and the mapping of both methods to fatigue pre-cracked small specimens (3 PB and Charpy) is possible. The application of the analysis method to dynamical tests is also possible. 15 refs., 9 figs., 1 tab.
Authors:
Ullrich, G; Krompholz, K [1] 
  1. Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)
Publication Date:
Dec 31, 1993
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
NEA-CSNI-R-94-1; CONF-9309237-
Reference Number:
SCA: 360106; 360103; 210200; PA: AIX-28:029671; EDB-97:055563; SN: 97001764668
Resource Relation:
Conference: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) specialist meeting on irradiation embrittlement and optimization of annealing, Paris (France), 20-23 Sep 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: Is Part Of Irradiation embrittlement and optimisation of annealing; PB: 292 p.
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; PRESSURE VESSELS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; EMBRITTLEMENT; FRACTURE PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTS; STEELS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; SWITZERLAND
OSTI ID:
455769
Research Organizations:
Nuclear Energy Agency, 75 - Paris (France). Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations
Country of Origin:
NEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE97620233; TRN: XN9600146029671
Availability:
INIS; OSTI as DE97620233
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
pp. 1-40
Announcement Date:
Apr 18, 1997

Citation Formats

Ullrich, G, and Krompholz, K. Fracture mechanics investigations within the swiss surveillance programme for the pressure vessel of modern nuclear power plants. NEA: N. p., 1993. Web.
Ullrich, G, & Krompholz, K. Fracture mechanics investigations within the swiss surveillance programme for the pressure vessel of modern nuclear power plants. NEA.
Ullrich, G, and Krompholz, K. 1993. "Fracture mechanics investigations within the swiss surveillance programme for the pressure vessel of modern nuclear power plants." NEA.
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title = {Fracture mechanics investigations within the swiss surveillance programme for the pressure vessel of modern nuclear power plants}
author = {Ullrich, G, and Krompholz, K}
abstractNote = {In the frame of surveillance programmes of Swiss nuclear power plants, irradiation tests have been performed on tensile, impact and wedge opening load specimens as well as on three point bend-type specimens (for J-integral investigations) and pre-cracked Charpy impact specimens (for dynamical stress intensities K{sub ID}). An experimental method (potential drop technique) is used together with a mathematical procedure which allow for the determination of the stress intensity K{sub IC} for small CT-samples instead of large ones: agreement of these both methods is found excellent, and the mapping of both methods to fatigue pre-cracked small specimens (3 PB and Charpy) is possible. The application of the analysis method to dynamical tests is also possible. 15 refs., 9 figs., 1 tab.}
place = {NEA}
year = {1993}
month = {Dec}
}