Remaining life prediction of the core shroud due to stress corrosion cracking failure in BWRs using numerical simulations

Authors :: Yoshiyuki Kaji
Dianzhong Li
Shanping Lu
Yongkui Li
Source :: Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology. 52:96-103
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: Informa UK Limited, 2014.
Abstract: Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) of the welded joints in a reactor core shroud is the primary result of the residual stresses caused by welding, corrosion and neutron irradiation in a boiling water ...

Subjects :: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Materials science
Metallurgy
Welding
law.invention
Corrosion
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Nuclear reactor core
law
Residual stress
Boiling water reactor
Shroud
Core shroud
Stress corrosion cracking

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