Mechanical Properties of Nuclear Materials

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Mechanical properties are key elements for design and life-time assessments of all plants and components. For current nuclear power plants (LWRs) mainly stress–strain curves und toughness are considered. High operation temperatures, long design life and fitness for service concepts require much more information about mechanical behavior of materials in advanced nuclear plants. Creep, fatigue and its interactions as well as subcritical crack growth are important materials properties which need to be considered additionally. Starting from plastic deformation of single crystals this chapter will provide an introduction into several important mechanical properties of structural materials: stress–strain response, toughness measures, creep, fatigue, fracture mechanics and creep-fatigue interactions.

Keywords

Crack Growth Rate Creep Rate Fatigue Crack Growth Stress Rupture Creep Crack Growth 
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