Fracture Mechanics Verification by Large-scale Testing

The proceedings of a specialists' meeting organised by the IAEA and published under the auspices of EGF. Contents include - model computations and experiments on the structural integrity of components containing part-through cracks, experience in comparison of large and small fracture mechanical specimens, dynamic large scale testing with a 12 MN-high speed propellant driven tensile testing machine, crack stability in centre cracked plates subject to uniformly distributed loadings, the need for large scale testing in the UKAEA and experimental and numerical investigations of stable crack growth of an axial surface flaw in a pressure vessel.

Table of Contents:
Biaxial testing of A533B on the upper shelf, T.G. Davey and S.J. Garwood; model computations and experiments on the structural integrity of components containing part-through cracks, M. Prodan; experiences in the comparison of large and small fracture mechanics specimens, F. Gillemot; fracture toughness of an embrittled stainless steel measured on CT and CCp specimens, Ph Nicolino et al; dynamic large-scale testing with a 12 MN high speed propellant-driven tensile testing machine, P. Julisch et al; impact of the stress state on the fracture mechanics of heavy section steel component failure mechanisms, E. Roos; crack stability in centre cracked plates subject to uniformly-distributed loadings, A. Quirk and E. Bevitt; the 20 MN and 100 MN multi-actuator wide plate testing machines in the structural integrity centre of the UKAEA, G. Sumner; the influence of thickness on the fracture properties of steel specimens, K. Kalna; the need for large-scale testing in the UKAEA, J.B. Wintle; experimental and numerical investigations of surface cracks in plates and pipes, W. Klemm et al; experimental and numerical investigations of stable crack growth of an axial surface flaw in a pressure vessel, W. Brocks et al; review of full-scale pipe fracture research conducted for the USNRC, G.S. Kramer and G.M. Wilkowski; evaluation of a leaking crack in an irradiated CANDU pressure tube, C.E. Coleman and L.A. Simpson; verification of the nonlinear fracture analysis by a large-scale pressure vessel test, A. Saarenheimo et al; behaviour of pipes under internal pressure and external bending moment - comparison between experiment and calculation, K.H. Herter et al; large-scale leak-before-break tests in UKAEA, A.M. Clayton et al; verification test programme on integrity of carbon steel piping and weldments for LWR power plants in Japan, Y. Asada; pipe fracture test programme on nuclear power piping at JAERI, S. Miyazono et al; evaluation of fracture models through pressurized thermal shock tension, C.E. Pugh et al; experimental and analytical thermal shock investigations on the reactor pressure vessel of the HDR power plant, G.E. Neubrech et al; the PTS issue - experiments and numerical analyses, W. Guth et al; thermal shock experiments on large size plates with surface flaws - tests TSPO1 and TSPO2, M. Beghini et al; crack arrest behaviour of reactor pressure vessel steels at high temperatures, C.E. Pugh et al; determination of crack arrest toughness at high temperatures using compact specimens, K. Kussmaul and R. Gillot; method for structural material critical brittle temperature evaluation based on instrumented charpy impact test analysis, Yu. I. Zuezdin et al; verification of failure avoidance concpets in R6 Revision 3, I. Milne and N. Knee; analysis of the applicability of fracture mechanics on the basis of large-sclae specimen testing, M. Brumovsky et al; a special cracked pipe element for leak-before-break applications, J. Brochard et al.