Published 1987 | Version v1
Book

Acoustic emission technique for leak detection in an end shield of a pressurised heavy water reactor

  • 1. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam (India). Div. for Post-Irradiation Examination and NDT Development
  • 2. Indian Inst. of Science, Bangalore. Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
  • 3. Nuclear Power Board, Bombay (India)

Description

AET can be successfully applied for detection and location of leak path in the end shield systems of PHWRs. Frequency domain analysis can be applied for detection and location of leak at low pressure and under noisy environment. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Balkema.
Imprint Place
Rotterdam (Netherlands)
ISBN
90-6191-765-4
Imprint Title
Transactions of the 9th international conference on structural mechanics in reactor technology. Vol. D
Imprint Pagination
469 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 115-120.

Conference

Title
9. biennial international conference on structural mechanics in reactor technology (SMIRT-9).
Dates
17-21 Aug 1987.
Place
Lausanne (Switzerland).

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
19041859
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; CALANDRIAS; FLOWSHEETS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LEAKS; MOCKUP; PHWR TYPE REACTORS; TUBES
Descriptors DEC
ACOUSTIC TESTING; CONTAINERS; DIAGRAMS; HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; INFORMATION; MATERIALS TESTING; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; REACTORS; STRUCTURAL MODELS; TESTING