• Title of article

    2DsimulationoftheinitiationandpropagationofcrackarrayunderthermalfatigueOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    N.Haddar، نويسنده , , A. FISSOLO، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    20
  • From page
    945
  • To page
    964
  • Abstract
    Variouscomponentsofnuclearreactorsaresubmittedtovariousthermo-mechanicalloadings.Thermalfatiguecrackinghasbeenclearlydetectedinreactorheatremovalsystem(RHRS)ofpressurizedwaterreactors(PWRs).ThepresentstudyfocusesonAISI304LstainlesssteelusedinPWRs.Thethermalfatiguebehaviorofthissteelhasbeeninvestigatedusingaspecificthermalfatiguefacilitycalled“SPLASH”.Thistestequipmentallowsthereproductionofmultiplecracknetworkssimilartothosedetectedduringcomponentinspections.Thepresentstudydealswiththemodelingofcracknetworksinitiationandpropagation.Itisstructuredintwoparts:(i)experimentaldetailsandmaincharacteristicsofthecracksnetworks,and(ii)numericalsimulationofmultiplecracksinitiationandgrowthproblem,usinganelastic–plasticthermal–mechanicalcomputationandageneralizedParis’law.Themodelpresentedinthisstudygivespredictionsinagoodagreementwithobservations,asfarastheevolutionofthemeananddeepestcracksduringcyclingisconcerned.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894900