Development of Prometey local approach and analysis of physical and mechanical aspects of brittle fracture of RPV steels

In the present paper, the probabilistic model for brittle fracture toughness prediction proposed by the authors earlier and known as the Prometey model, is formulated with two stochastic parameters—the critical stress for microcrack nucleation σ d and the critical stress for microcrack propagation S...

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Published in:The International journal of pressure vessels and piping 2007-05, Vol.84 (5), p.320-336
Main Authors: Margolin, B.Z., Shvetsova, V.A., Gulenko, A.G., Kostylev, V.I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Constraint loss
Fracture toughness prediction
Prometey probabilistic model
Radiation embrittlement
RPV steel
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Summary:In the present paper, the probabilistic model for brittle fracture toughness prediction proposed by the authors earlier and known as the Prometey model, is formulated with two stochastic parameters—the critical stress for microcrack nucleation σ d and the critical stress for microcrack propagation S C The stochastic dependence of the critical stress for microcrack propagation S C is experimentally studied for an RPV steel. The Prometey model with two stochastic parameters is applied to model the effect of irradiation on the fracture toughness transition curve and to predict the loss of constraint associated with shallow cracks.
ISSN:0308-0161
1879-3541
DOI:10.1016/j.ijpvp.2006.10.007