An updated correlation for crack-arrest fracture toughness for nuclear reactor pressure vessel steels

Autor: Paul T. Williams, C.E. Pugh, B.R. Bass

Publikováno v: International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping. 82:489-495

An updated and statistically-rigorous correlation is provided for crack-arrest toughness values versus normalized temperature for light-water nuclear reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels. The database used in this effort is larger than applied hereto

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpvp.2004.12.006

Key features arising from structural analysis of the NESC-1 PTS benchmark experiment

Autor: D.P.G. Lidbury, B.R. Bass, Andrew H. Sherry, S. Bhandari

Publikováno v: International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping. 78:225-236

Interpreting the results of the NESC spinning cylinder test represents a significant challenge for structural integrity specialists. The test was conceived to provide data on the behaviour of underclad defects and a large, through-clad defect under s

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s0308-0161(01)00021-7

Evaluating the NESC-I test and the integrated approach to structural integrity assessment

Autor: B.R. Bass, J. Wintle, N. Taylor, R Hurst, D McGarry, Rauno Rintamaa

Publikováno v: Hurst, R, Taylor, N, McGarry, D, Bass, B, Rintamaa, R & Wintle, J 2001, ' Evaluating the NESC-I test and the integrated approach to structural integrity assessment ', International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, vol. 78, no. 2-3, pp. 213-224 . https://doi.org/10.1016/S0308-0161(01)00035-7

The NESC-I spinning cylinder test was designed to simulate selected conditions associated with an ageing reactor pressure vessel (RPV) subjected to severe pressurised thermal shock (PTS) loading and containing hypothetical flaws. It formed the focal

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s0308-0161(01)00035-7

Fracture Analysis of Multiple Cracks in a Spinning Cylinder Experiment

Autor: J. A. Keeney, B.R. Bass

Publikováno v: Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology. 119:232-235

This paper presents finite-element analyses of the cylinder specimen being used in the international Network for Evaluating Steel Components (NESC) large-scale spinning-cylinder project (NESC-1). The NESC was organized as an international forum to ex

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https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2842290

Comparative assessment of project FALSIRE—results

Autor: B.R. Bass, J. Sievers

Publikováno v: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 152:19-37

The analysis results of the recently completed Phase I for the Project Fracture Analysis of Large Scale International Reference Experiments (FALSIRE) are summarized in a comparative manner. Thirty-nine analyses of the pressurized thermal shock experi

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https://doi.org/10.1016/0029-5493(94)90071-x