The effect of coupled wear and creep during grid-to-rod fretting

Wang, Hai; Hu, Zupan; Lu, Wei; Thouless, M. D.

doi:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2017.04.018

Title: The effect of coupled wear and creep during grid-to-rod fretting

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Authors:: Wang, Hai; Hu, Zupan; Lu, Wei; Thouless, M. D.

Publication Date:: Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1397933

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Engineering and Design

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Nuclear Engineering and Design Journal Volume: 318 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5493

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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                    Wang, Hai, Hu, Zupan, Lu, Wei, and Thouless, M. D. The effect of coupled wear and creep during grid-to-rod fretting.  Netherlands: N. p., 2017. 
Web.  doi:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2017.04.018.

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                    Wang, Hai, Hu, Zupan, Lu, Wei, & Thouless, M. D. The effect of coupled wear and creep during grid-to-rod fretting.  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2017.04.018

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                    Wang, Hai, Hu, Zupan, Lu, Wei, and Thouless, M. D. Sat .  
"The effect of coupled wear and creep during grid-to-rod fretting".  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2017.04.018.

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  title        = {The effect of coupled wear and creep during grid-to-rod fretting},

  author       = {Wang, Hai and Hu, Zupan and Lu, Wei and Thouless, M. D.},

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  doi          = {10.1016/j.nucengdes.2017.04.018},

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  year         = {Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

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