Materials in Extreme Environments
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Abstract
Extreme environments associated with turbine operation in power generation and turbines and turbine components as well as systems and components of nuclear reactors are discussed in the context of extremes in temperature, stress and stress variations, radiation, extreme chemical environments, and their complex interactions. Other energy production-related environments in oil and gas production and general chemical and high-pressure environments are presented. Special attention is devoted to space environments, especially low Earth orbit (LEO) where micrometeoroid and space debris impacts, atomic oxygen effects, radiation and thermal cycling, and related and interactive degradation features pose concerns and important design strategies.
Keywords
Stress Corrosion Crack International Space Station Impact Crater Space Debris Nuclear Power SystemReferences
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