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Indentation fatigue of ceramic nuclear fuels

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The possibility of using an indentation technique for the determination of fatigue behaviour of sintered ceramic nuclear fuel pellets has been explored. A relation between load and number of cycles to failure has been derived. The underlying principle of this technique has also been explained.

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  1. Radiometallurgy Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 400085, Bombay, India

    T. R. Govindan Kutty

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Govindan Kutty, T.R. Indentation fatigue of ceramic nuclear fuels. J Mater Sci 25, 455–458 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00714055

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