THE EFFECTS OF COUPLING NUCLEAR RADIATION WITH STATIC AND CYCLIC SERVICE STRESSES AND OF PERIODIC PROOF TESTING ON PRESSURE VESSEL MATERIAL BEHAVIOR.

Abstract

The nuclear service performance of structural steels as influenced by static and cyclic stress applications during radiation exposure was examined and documented with experimental results. The significance and merits of initial and subsequent proof tests of large structural components such as the hydro-testing of nuclear reactor pressure vessels were also reviewed and evaluated. Performance following preload in the form of warm prestressing as well as aging embrittlement were among those factors considered. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0664646

Entities

People

  • Frank J. Loss
  • J. Russell Hawthorne

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Couplings
  • Embrittlement
  • Materials
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Prestressing
  • Radiation
  • Steel
  • Stresses
  • Structural Components
  • Structural Steel

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.