Transferability of fracture mechanical characteristics : proceedings of the NATO Final Project Workshop on Fracture Resistance of Steels for Containers of Spent Nuclear Fuel arranged within Science for Peace Program, held in Brno, Czech Republic, from 5 t

Five laboratories from France, Hungary and the Czech Republic have solved a Project supported fmancially by NATO within the Science for Peace Program (under Nr. 972655) for three years. The project, titled Fracture ResistanceofSteelsfor Containers of Spent Nuclear Fuel, was focused (i) on the generation of data needed for the qualification procedure of a new container introduced by Skoda Nuclear Machinery and (ii) on a number of topics of scientific nature associated with the interesting field of transferability of fracture mechanical data-, It has been found during numerous conference presentations of project results that the knowledge developed within the project would be more attractive when published in a more comprehensive form. This was the reason why the final project workshop was arranged as a meeting of project collaborators and contributing invited experts working in very similar field. The main scope of the final project workshop, titled Transferability of Fracture Mechanical Data and held in Brno from 5 to 6 November 200I, was to bring together project collaborators with a number of invited international experts, both covering the spectrum of topics solved within the project and reviewing the project results in the presence ofthese specialists. A totalof34 colleagues from 7 European countries and the USA participated in the workshop. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Škoda Cask Testing and Licensing Requirements....Pages 1-14 Mechanical Properties of Cast MN Steel After Intercritical Heat Treatment and Microalloying....Pages 15-32 IAEA Requirements for Cask Testing and Short Summary of Developments at GNB....Pages 33-46 Fracture Resistance of Cast Ferritic C-MN Steel for Container of Spent Nuclear Fuel....Pages 47-64 Micromechanical Aspects of Constraint Effect at Brittle Fracture Initiation....Pages 65-78 Problems in Q-Parameter Calculations....Pages 79-92 Construction of J-Q Locus for Material of Reactor Pressure Vessel WWER 440 in the Ductile-Brittle Transition Region....Pages 93-104 The Use of the Local Approach for the Brittle Fracture Prediction....Pages 105-122 On the Application of the Beremin Model for Predicting the Brittle Fracture Resistance....Pages 123-134 Physical Fundamentals of Local Approach to Analysis of Cleavage Fracture....Pages 135-150 Probability of Brittle Fracture in Low Alloy Steels....Pages 151-166 Damage Mechanisms and Local Approach to Fracture....Pages 167-180 Damage Mechanisms and Local Approach to Fracture....Pages 181-194 Toughness Scaling Model Applications....Pages 195-212 Relation of Fracture Energy of Sub-Sized Charpy Specimens to Standard Charpy Energy and Fracture Toughness....Pages 213-224 Master Curve Methodology and Data Transfer from Small on Standard Specimens....Pages 225-242 Master Curve Validity for Dynamic Fracture Toughness Characteristics....Pages 243-254 Evaluation of Strain Rate Effects on Transition Behaviour Applying the Master Curve Methodology....Pages 255-270 Dynamic Fracture Toughness Determination of Large SE(B) Specimens....Pages 271-282 Fracture Toughness Behaviour of Thick-Walled Nodular Cast Iron at Elevated Loading Rates....Pages 283-290 Finite Element Modelling of Charpy Impact Testing....Pages 291-302 Notch Sensitivity Analysis on Fracture Toughness....Pages 303-322 Quantification of Notch Effects — in Brittle-Ductile Transition....Pages 323-336 Brittle Mixed Mode Fracture I+II: Emanating from Notches -Equivalent Notch Stress Intensity Factor -H....Pages 337-350 Safety of the Steam Generator Cover: A PSA Case Study....Pages 351-366 Back Matter....Pages 367-367 This book reviews methods for the transfer and prediction of fracture resistance characteristics. Based on a literature survey, experimental data and computational work, the book discusses the application procedures for local approach, master curve methodology, toughness scaling models, dynamic fracture properties and notch sensitivity. There is a comprehensive review of proved recent methods for the transfer of fracture mechanical characteristics from smaller to standard specimen geometry that also considers the transfer of data from laboratory experiments to real components. Readership: Engineers, Ph. D. students and scientists studying experimental fracture mechanics and dealing with the assessment of fracture resistance. The book is suitable for mechanical and nuclear engineers and all other areas where component integrity and the prediction of fracture behaviour are key tools

the November 2001 Workshop In Brno, Czech Republic Included Invited Specialists And Members Of A Research Team Presenting The Final Report Of Their Project Fracture Resistance Of Steels For Containers Of Spent Nuclear Fuel. They Reviewed The Findings Of The Project, Particularly Regarding How Data On Fracture Mechanics Can Be Transferred From The Study That Generated It To Other Situations. The 26 Papers Selected For Publication Consider Such Topics As Applying The Beremin Model To Predicting The Brittle Fracture Resistance, Micromechanical Aspects Of The Constraint Effect At Brittle Fracture Initiation, And The Probability Of Brittle Fracture In Low Alloy Steels. They Are Not Indexed. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or

Proceedings of the NATO Final Project Workshop on Fracture Resistance of Steels for Containers of Spent Nuclear Fuel Arranged within Science for Peace Program, held in Brno, Czech Republic, from 5 to 6 November 2001 Each application of a new material for container production has (a) some general guidelines and (b) specific problems.