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Life Calculations for Header – PGV-1000 Steam Generator Connector Weld Joints under NPP Service Conditions

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The procedure for calculating the life of header – steam generator connector weld joints is proposed. It allows for running out the material plasticity reserve upon static cyclic elastoplastic loading as well as operating conditions, local stress concentrations, and residual stresses after welding.

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  1. Pisarenko Institute of Problems of Strength, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

    G. V. Stepanov, V. V. Kharchenko & A. I. Babutskii

  2. Machine and Construction Safety Association, Kiev, Ukraine

    S. V. Romanov

  3. Yuzhno-Ukrainsk Nuclear Power Plant, Yuzhno-Ukrainsk, Ukraine

    N. A. Feofentov & I. V. Kravchenko

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Stepanov, G.V., Kharchenko, V.V., Babutskii, A.I. et al. Life Calculations for Header – PGV-1000 Steam Generator Connector Weld Joints under NPP Service Conditions. Strength of Materials 36, 321–326 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:STOM.0000035766.58773.18

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