Published 1989 | Version v1
Book

The instability of a circumferential through-wall crack in a bend in a stainless steel piping system

Creators

  • 1. Manchester Univ. (UK)

Description

Motivated by the problem of intergranular stress corrosion cracking of Type 304 stainless steel in boiling water nuclear reactor piping systems, the paper examines the stability of a circumferential through-wall crack in a bend in a model piping system that is subject to fixed displacement loadings, that are appropriate for an accident condition. The instability criterion is expresses in terms of the material tearing modulus TMAT and the applied tearing modulus TAPP (or the equivalent pipe length LEFF), with particular attention being focussed on the effect of bend angle of LEFF

Additional details

Additional titles

Subtitle (English)
The effect of bend angle on the instability criterion

Publishing Information

Publisher
American Association for Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology.
Imprint Place
Los Angeles, CA (USA)
ISBN
0-9623306-0-4
Imprint Title
Transactions of the 10th international conference on structural mechanics in reactor technology
Imprint Pagination
375 p.
Series
Volume G. Fracture mechanics and non-destructive evaluation.
Journal Page Range
p. 353-356.

Conference

Title
10. international conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (SMIRT).
Dates
14-18 Aug 1989.
Place
Anaheim, CA (USA).

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-890855--.