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Photoelastic analysis in respect to failure mechanics problems of power plant articles and units

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The results of strength tests of some critical articles and units of power plants, i.e., a reactor vessel, threaded connection of vessel split, pressure header with straight nipple, turbomachine shaft, and T-weld joint of stator and rotor parts, of turbomachines are presented.

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  1. St. Petersburg Machine Building Institute (LMZ-VTUZ), pr. Polustrovskii 14, St. Petersburg, 195197, Russia

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Original Russian Text © N.V. Korikhin, S.N. Eigenson, 2009, published in Teploenergetika.

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Korikhin, N.V., Eigenson, S.N. Photoelastic analysis in respect to failure mechanics problems of power plant articles and units. Therm. Eng. 56, 129–133 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040601509020074

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