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Fractography of in-Service Fracture of the Metal in Weld Joint No. 111 of the Steam Generator of a WWER-1000 Power Unit

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Complex studies on the in-service metal fracture in weld joint No. 111 of the steam generator of a WWER-1000 power unit elucidated the micromechanisms of crack propagation (combination of corrosion cracking and corrosion fatigue). Quantitative measurements of fatigue striation spacings were performed. Real in-service loading conditions of the collector “pocket” zone where corrosion fatigue cracks originate and propagate were estimated.

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

    A. Ya. Krasovskii, I. V. Orynyak, E. E. Gopkalo, A. V. Bogdan & I. A. Makovetskaya

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Translated from Problemy Prochnosti, No. 5, pp. 24 – 33, September – October, 2015.

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Krasovskii, A.Y., Orynyak, I.V., Gopkalo, E.E. et al. Fractography of in-Service Fracture of the Metal in Weld Joint No. 111 of the Steam Generator of a WWER-1000 Power Unit. Strength Mater 47, 670–678 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11223-015-9703-6

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