Publication Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
Volume
130
Issue
3
Publisher Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Conference Name
2006 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference
Conference Location
Vancouver, Canada
Conference Sponsor
ASME
Conference Date
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Abstract
In the NESC-IV project an experimental/analytical program was performed to develop validated analysis methods for transferring fracture toughness data to shallow flaws in reactor pressure vessels subject to biaxial loading in the lower-transition temperature region. Within this scope an extensive range of fracture tests was performed on material removed from a production-quality reactor pressure vessel. The Master Curve analysis of this data is reported and its application to the assessment of the project feature tests on large beam test pieces.