14th International Conference on 
Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology


 

DIVISION G: FRACTURE MECHANICS

 

G01/1

Shallow-flaw fracture technology development
W.E. Pennell, W.J. McAfee, J.W. Bryson and B.R. Bass

G01/2

Application of revised fracture toughness curves in pressure vessel integrity analysis
M.E. Mayfield, M.G. Vassilaros, E.M. Hackett, M.A. Mitchell, K.R. Wichman, J.R. Strosnider and L.C. Shao

G01/3

Effect of biaxial loading on fracture toughness
M. Brumovsky, D. Lauerova and J. Palyza

G01/4

Pressurized thermoshock tests on model pressure vessels of VVER 440 RPV steel
H. Keinanen, H. Talja, R. Rintamaa, R. Ahlstrand, P. Nurkkala, G.P. Karzov, B. Timofeev and A. Blumin

G02/1

Pre-test results from the NESC spinning cylinder project
J.B. Wintle, R. Hurst and B. Hemsworth

G02/2

Benchmark studies on the treatment of residual stresses in fracture assessments of pressure vessels
K.A. May, E. Keim, S. Bhandari and D. Guichard

G02/3

Constraint effects on fracture under primary and secondary loads
R.A. Ainsworth, A.D. Jackson, D.J. Sanderson, D.G. Hooton and A.H. Sherry

G02/4

Finite element analysis of warm pre-stressing of pressure vessel steel
X. Liu and J. Sievers

G02/5 Parametric studies in the frame work of RPV integrity assessment
X. Liu and J. Sievers
G03/2

A new and simplified method for estimating residual stress in welded structures with complicated shape using inherent strain
M. Mochizuki, T. Hattori and M. Hayashi

G03/3

Effect of internal pressure on the tearing of a surface crack in a branch pipe submitted to out of plane bending
S. Chapuliot and D. Moulin

G03/4

Fracture assessment of reactor outlet header of 500 MWe PHWR
V. Bhasin and H.S. Kushwaha

G03/5

Modelling of surface cracks in piping tee junction
D.S. Chawla, S.R. Bhate and H.S. Kushwaha

G04/1

Fatigue crack growth and penetration behavior in pipe subject to bending load
S.H. Ahn, A. Hidaka and K. Ando

G04/2

Crack shape changes with fatigue crack growth of carbon steels in high temperature water
Y. Asada, K. ANdo, S. Kanno, Y. Urabe, M. Kikuchi and J. Sanoh

G04/3

Evaluation of J on a pipe subjected to mechanical and thermal loading
M.H. Papin, B. Drubay, S. Ignaccolo, B. Michel and Ph. Gilles

G04/4

Elastic plastic fracture analysis of elliptical circumferential surface flaws in cylinders under pressure and bending
B. Barthelet and M.P. Valeta

G04/5

Evaluation of crack growth behavior for through-wall-cracked pipe subjected to cyclic loading with large-scale yielding - Consideration of intermediate stress ratio
N. Miura, K. Kashima, K. Miyazaki and S. Kanno

G04/6

Toughness trends under dynamic and cyclic loading on nuclear steels
D. Rudland and G.M. Wilkowski

G05/2 The new elastic plastic stress state method for calculating J integral
J. Heliot and M. Benoit

G05/3

FEM analysis of longitudinally cracked pipes and elbows
C. Malekian, R. Gerard and O. Meessen

G05/4

Numerical and simplified analyses of large scale ductile tearing tests on cracked elbows
Ph. Gilles, C. Bois and P. Le Delliou

G05/5

Fracture assessment of straight pipes and elbows with through-wall cracks: using R-6 method
R. Rastogi, V. Bhasin and H.S. Kushwaha

G05/6

Limit load analysis of straight pipes and elbows with through wall cracks
J. Chattopadhyay, A. Bhattacharya, B.K. Dutta and H.S. Kushwaha

G06/l

Industrial 3D computation of cracked elbows
B. Martelet, S. Ignaccolo and I. Eymard

G06/2

Fracture reistance of cracked duplex stainless steel elbows under bending with or without internal pressure
P. Semete, P. Le Delliou and S. Ignaccolo

G06/3

Comparisons of experimental and simplified method for instability on circumferentially cracked elbows
M.H. Papin, B. Drubay, M. Nedelec and H. Horowitz

G06/4

Development of simplified analysis procdure for cracks in elbows
G.M. Wilkowski, R. Mohan and T. Kilinski

G06/5

Stress intensity factors for elbows with axial surface crack at crown
N. Viswanatha, S.R. Bhate and H.S. Kushwaha

G07/l

Calculations of leak rates through pipes and slits
K.S. Chang, I.K. Park, C.S. Lee and J.T. Choi

G07/2 Importance of pipe system interactions on leak rate and fracture behavior for LBB
N. Ghadiali, R.J. Olson, S. Rahman and G.M. Wilkowski
G07/3

LBB (Leak-Before-Break) evaluation considering local and residual compliance of the cracked piping system
Y,J. Yu and Y.J. Kim

G07/4

Framatome experience on leak before break
Ch. Franco, Ph. Gilles and C. Ensel

G07/5

Study in LBB evaluation of main steam system piping in Tokai-II power station
N. Oritani, K. Sakata, K. Miyazaki, T. Tsuda and F. Eguchi

G07/6

Universal fracture criterion in the LBB concept
A. Ziliukas

G08/1

Strategy for fracture assessment of pipings in the ductile regime
E. Keim, G. Senski, R. Wellein and W. Kastner

G08/2

Critical circumferential through wall cracks in straight pipes under pressure and bending load regarding the relaxation by the local rotation of the flawed section
G. Bartholome, E. Keim, G. Senski, R.H. Steinbuch and R. Wellein

G08/3

Leak-before-break assessments of pressurised components
J.K. Sharples, Ph. Gilles, R. Wellein, P. Buckthorpe and G. Little

G08/4 Applicability of leak-before-break concept to the pressure headers of RBMK nuclear power plants
J.K. Sharples, C.C. France, S.E. Bougaenko, Yu Smirnov and A. Arjaev
G08/5

Development of modified piping evaluation diagram for LBB application
Y.J. Kim, N.S. Huh, C.R. Pyo, S.D. Park and J.S. Yang

G08/6

Reliability oriented LBB concept for ASME Class 1 small diameter pipings
J. Zdarek and L. Pecinka

G09/1

A new versatile materials irradiation facility
D.W. Heatherly, M.T. Hurst, K.R. Thomas, G.E. Lucas, G.R. Odette and P.A. Simpson

G09/2

Fracture toughness evaluation of a low upper-shelf weld metal from the Midland reactor using the Master curve
D.E. McCabe, M.A. Sokolov and R.K. Nanstad

G09/4

Response of neutron-irradiated RPV steels to thermal annealing
S.K. Iskander, M.A. Sokolov and R.K. Nanstad

G09/5

Experimental measurement of the near-tip strain field in Zr-2.5 Nb pressure tube material
D.D. Himbeault and R.B. Ellis

G09/6

Structural integrity analysis on irradiated Zircaloy-4 tubes
E. Asta, F.A. Cambiasso and J.J. Balderrama

G10/1

The AMES network and its reference laboratory
L. Debarberis, U. von Estorff, G.L. Tjoa, M. de Vries and M. Horsten

G10/2

Pre-test material characterisation of the NESC spinning cylinder
R.H. Rintamaa, U. Von Estorff and J. Wintle

G10/3

Plastic zones at fatigue crack tips and notch tips
K. Taniuchi

G10/4

Behavior of surface cracks in aged duplex stainless steel plates submitted to a bending load
S. Chapuliot, D. Moulin and V. Mineau

G11/1

Evaluating crack arrest fracture toughness from Charpy impact testing
T. Planman, K. Wallin and R. Rintamaa

G11/2

Development of a computer program for the prediction of fracture resistance curves
Y.S. Chang, C.S. Seok and Y.J. Kim

G11/3

Fracture properties of carbon steel material for main primary heat transport system piping
P.K. Singh, J. Chattopadhyay and H.S. Kushwaha

G11/4

A new model for fracture toughness prediction
G.P. Karzov, B.z. Margolin and V.A. Shvetsove

G11/5

An estimation model for resistance of pressure vessel materials to fracture at different stages of service taking into account actual dimensions of the construction
V.V. Pokrovsky, V.G. Kaplunenko, V.T. Troshchenko, D.V. Byley and V.A. Sednev

G12/1 Charpy impact properties of diffusion bonded joints of alumina dispersion strengthened copper to 316 stainless steel
H. Nishi, Y. Muto and M. Eto
G12/2

Brittle fracture analysis of primary nozzle of VVER 440 reactor pressure vessel
H, Keinanen and H. Talja

G12/3

Study on the fracture behavior of bi-material made of A508 steel and incoloy 825
M. Kikuchi and H. Sasamoto

G12/4

Justification of J-integral calculations in the case of bimetallic junctions
Y. Wadier, B. Martelet and P. Cambefort

G12/5

Deformation and fracture of the metal of a dissimilar steels weld under conditions of complex stress state and elevated temperatures
F.F. Giginyak and A.A. Lebedev

G13/1

The use of failure assessment diagrams for prediction of the initiation of creep crack growth
D.G. Hooton, D. Green and R.A. Ainsworth

G13/2

Creep fatigue crack growth on CT25 specimens in an 316L(N) stainless steel at 650° C
J.P. Polvora, B. Drubay, R. Piques, L. Laiarinandrasana and B. Martelet

G13/3

Evaluation of creep-fatigue crack growth in type 316(N) steel
D.J. Smith, I. Curbishley and H. Huthmann

G13/4

Creep-fatigue crack growth assessment under combined mechanical and thermal loading with a simplified approach
B. Michel, C. Poette, S. Albaladejo and B. Martelet

G13/5

High temperature leak before break experimental studies of austenitic stainless steel centre cracked plates
C. Poussard, S. Chapuliot, F. Curtit and B. Autrusson

G13/6

Application of LBB concept to LMFR components
A. Turbat, H. Deschanels, H. Noe and C. Faidy

GMW/1

Probabilistic fracture mechanics analyses of nuclear pressure vessels and piping: a review of Japanese activity
G. Yagawa and S. Yoshimura

GMW/2

Simplified probabilistic approach to determine safety factors in deterministic flaw acceptance criteria
B. Barthelet and E. Ardillon

GMW/3

The assessment of partial safety factors for fast fracture analysis in power plant components
J. Heliot, E. Meister and B. Barthelet

GMW/6

Fracture mechanics considerations concerning the revised IAEA-TECDOC-717 guidelines
E.P. Warnke and D. Bounin

GMW/8

Concept for flaw tolerance evaluation in pipings
GF. Otremba and K. Benitz

GMW/9

An approach for reliability analysis of defected pipelines
M. Lanza, C. Lanzone, S. Reale and C. Servetto

GMW/10

Determination of R/t limits for ASME Code Case N-494 FAD curve procedure
R. Mohan, G.M. Wilkowski, B.R. Bass and J.M. Bloom

GMW/11

Development of new Z-factors for the evaluation of a surface crack in nuclear pipings
Y.H. Choi, J.B. Lee and G.M. Wilkowski

GMW/13

Crack propagation sensitivity index concept of engineering components and its practical use
L. Toth

GW/1

Modelling of scatter and size effects in ductile and brittle fracture
A. Pineau

GW/2

Advances in the numerical simulation of ductile fracture
J.B. Leblond and J. Devaux

GW/3

Applications of local approach methods for nuclear installations
W. Schmitt, E. Keim, G. Nagel and D.Z. Sun

GW/4

The application of local approach to fracture to the structural integrity assessment of cladded vessels under thermal loading
D. Moinereau, J. Brochard, M.P. Valeta, S. Bhandari, D. Guichard, C. France, D.J. Sanderson and A. Sherry

GW/5

Analysis of a cruciform bending specimen under biaxial loading
M.P. Valeta, D. Moinereau, S. Bhandari and A. Duplouy

GW/7

On the simulation of ductile crack growth using the Rousselier model
C. Poussard and M Seidenfuss

GW/8

Crack effects on the fracture behaviouy in the duplex steels
V. Kozak, I. Dlouhy, M. Holzmann

GW/9

On the simulation of warm-prestressing and ductile crack extension by constitutive modeling
S. Arndt, D. Klingbeil and B. Svendsen

GW/10

Ductile failure of notched specimens of ferritic reactor steel
T. Fekete, Gy. Krallics and L. Tatar

GW/11

Ductile tearing predictions in a 304L stainless steel
V.E. Marques, P.F. Louvigne and Ph. Gilles

GW/13

Modelling the ductile tearing of austenitic welded joint with local approach of fracture
J. Devaux, P. Joly, and J.B. Leblond


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