Fracture mechanics and the nuclear industry |
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Authors: | J D Landes |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The University of Tennessee, 37996-2030 Knoxville, TN |
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Abstract: | Fracture mechanics provides a methodology which can be used in the evaluation of the integrity and safety of structural components
used in nuclear power plants. In return, the nuclear industry has provided a major driving force for the development of the
technology. This includes defining the direction for new developments in fracture mechanics and identifying the important
problems for implementing these new developments, as well as supplying much of the financial support for research efforts.
Many of the new developments in fracture mechanics throughout the past three decades were generated in response to specific
needs of the nuclear industry. This paper takes a historical perspective in looking at the relationship between fracture mechanics
and the nuclear industry. Individual subject areas include basic development of linear elastic fracture mechanics, developments
in elastic-plastic fracture and ductile instability, testing and standards, and some of the newest problem areas.
This paper is based on a presentation made in the symposium “Irradiation-Enhanced Materials Science and Engineering” presented
as part of the ASM INTERNATIONAL 75th Anniversary celebration at the 1988 World Materials Congress in Chicago, IL, September
25–29, 1988, under the auspices of the Nuclear Materials Committee of TMS-AIME and ASM-MSD. |
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