Fatigue crack growth rates in pressure vessel and piping steels in LWR environments: Final report

The measurement of fatigue crack growth rates for pressure vessel and piping steels in high-temperature, pressurized water has been carried out using compact fracture specimens. Over the last ten years, the programs sponsored by the NRC and carried out at the Naval Research Laboratory and Materials Engineering Associates have provided data for over three hundred tests of these specimens, which have been published in a series of NUREG topical reports and annual reports. This is the final report in this series and describes briefly the significant findings of the program, reports on the most recent data which have been acquired, and indicates some directions for future research in this area