Application of advanced master curve approaches on WWER-440 reactor pressure vessel steels

H.-W. Viehrig; M. Scibetta; Kim Wallin

doi:10.1016/j.ijpvp.2006.04.005

Application of advanced master curve approaches on WWER-440 reactor pressure vessel steels

H.-W. Viehrig^*
, M. Scibetta
, Kim Wallin

^*Corresponding author for this work

Forschungszentrum Rossendorf (FZR)
Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN)

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Abstract

The master curve (MC) approach used to measure the transition temperature, T0, was standarised in the ASTM Standard Test Method E 1921 in 1997. The basic MC approach for analysis of fracture test results is intended for macroscopically homogeneous steels with a body centred cubic (ferritic) structure only. In reality, due to the manufacturing process, the steels in question are seldom fully macroscopically homogeneous.

The fracture toughness values measured on Charpy size SE(B) specimens of base metal from the Greifswald Unit 8 rector pressure vessel (RPV) show large scatter. The basic MC evaluation following ASTM E1921 supplies a MC with many fracture toughness values which lie below the 5% fracture probability line. It is therefore suspected that this material is macroscopically inhomogeneous. In this paper, two recent extensions of the MC for inhomogeneous materials are applied to these fracture toughness data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	584-592
Number of pages	9
Journal	International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping
Volume	83
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpvp.2006.04.005
Publication status	Published - 2006
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Keywords

reactor pressure vessel steel
pressure vessel
reactor pressure vessel
steels
fracture toughness
master curve
inhomogeneous material
random inhomogeneity
maximum likelihood procedure
SINTAP procedure

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