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Category : Hydrides
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Delayed Hydride Cracking Velocity and Crack Growth Measurement Using DCPD Technique in Zr-2.5Nb Pressure Tube Material
Author: Delayed Hydride Cracking Velocity and Crak Growth Measurement Using DCPD Technique in Zr-2.5Nb Pressure Tube Material
Author: R. N. SinghCorrelation between delayed hydride cracking velocity and critical crack length from small specimens
Author: B. J. S. WilkinsPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Electrical and mechanical transients were used to simulate acoustic emission (ae) signals expected during a crack-growth experiment by temperature-pressure cycling of a pressure tube. electric noise simulated heater noise, while mechanical transients from pencil-lead breaks and ballpoint-pen impacts on a pressure tube, respectively simulated ae from crack growth and mechanical noise in an operating fuel channel. simulations were used, before cycling, to assess the method's capability to discriminate against noise, calibrate instruments for sensitivity, and interpret ae events observed during cycling. digital signal processing (dsp) techniques, using correlation and frequency analyses, were applied to digitized transients. results show that: (i) a spatial filter on the ae instrument provides about 60 db discrimination against extraneous electrical and mechanical noise, (ii) ae bursts from ballpoint-pen impacts and pencil-lead breaks, on a pressure tube, contain low (
Overload Fracture of Flaw Tip Hydrides in Zr-2.5Nb Pressure Tubes
Author: GK. ShekPublisher:
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Category : Crack initiation
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
CANDU Zr-2.5Nb pressure tubes are susceptible to a crack initiation mechanism known as Delayed Hydride Cracking (DHC), which is a process that involves hydrogen diffusion, hydride precipitation, hydride region formation, and fracture at a flaw tip. An overload occurs when the hydrided region is loaded to a stress higher than that at which this region is formed. Service-induced flaws are present in some pressure tubes, which can act as crack initiation sites. Most experimental data to assess DHC initiation are obtained under constant loading conditions in which hydride formation and fracture occur at the same load, and therefore they are not suitable to assess crack initiation under overload condition. A series of step-wise increasing load experiments was performed on unirradiated Zr-2.5Nb pressure tube samples to determine the fracture stress of hydrides formed at notches with 15 ?m root radius under different hydride formation stresses and thermal histories. Crack initiation in the overload tests was detected by the acoustic emission technique. The notch tip hydride morphologies were examined by optical and scanning electron microscopy. Test results indicated that the resistance to overload fracture was dependent on the hydride formation stress and thermal histories, which affected the notch tip hydride size, density, and distribution. Overload tests were performed at different temperatures, and a transition temperature to high resistance to overload fracture was observed.
Monitoring Crack Advance Using Acoustic Emission and Combined Acoustic Emission and Potential Drop in Zr-2.5% Nb
Author: G. LinPublisher:
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Category : Acoustic emission
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Experithental results are reported on the application of acoustic emission (AE) and combined acoustic emission and potential drop (PD) in crack advance measurement. Acoustic emission by itself is not a quantitastive technique for measuring crack advance. Compared with the application of only PD, using both simultaneously turns out to be quite beneficial. Used to measure delayed hydride cracking velocity in Zr-2.5% Nb, combined AE and PD, together with other techniques such as fractography, produces more reliable results with higher accuracy for isothermal conditions and particularly during temperature transients. Information about the correlation between AE and PD signals has been also obtained, which improves our understanding of the processes being studied.
Threshold stress intensity factor for delayed hydride cracking at 250 degrees c in zr-2.5nb pressure tube material supplied by the chepetski mechanical plant
Author: A. K. JarvineThreshold stress intensity factor for delayed hydride cracking at 250 degrees c in zr-2.5nb pressure tube material supplied by cezus
Author: A. K. JarvineDemonstration of Crack Growth by Delayed Hydrogen Cracking in the Rolled Joints of Zr-2.5 Wt% Nb Pressure Tubes
Author: Atomic Energy of Canada LimitedPublisher: Chalk River, Ont. : Metallurgical Engineering Branch, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories
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Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Author: C. E. Ells
Author: P. H. Davies