Study on initial crack assumed in the flaw tolerance approach applied to piping of nuclear power plants

It is known that there is a large safety margin in the current fatigue damage assessment method for piping of nuclear power plants. One of the evaluation methods in order to rationalize it, there is a flaw tolerance method that estimates the continuable operation period by crack growth calculation a...

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Main Authors: Shuhei TAKEDA, Seiji ASADA
Format: Article
Language:Japanese
Published: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2019-05-01
Series:Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/85/874/85_18-00422/_pdf/-char/en