Abstract
Experimental and analytical research is being carried out
in an industrially oriented project cluster dealing with
estimating and managing lifetime of critical structures
and components in energy industry. The research topics
include systematic component lifetime management,
lifetime of pressure bearing components, piping
vibrations and integrity management, management of
materials ageing, non-destructive inspection, water
chemistry, oxide films and their role in service
reliability and build-up of activity levels, stress
corrosion cracking in Inconel welds, irradiation assisted
stress corrosion cracking of core components, development
of crack growth testing methods as well as the mechanisms
of environmentally assisted cracking.
This Symposium is a compilation of selected papers
describing the midterm status of the projects after two
years of research.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Espoo |
| Publisher | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland |
| Number of pages | 277 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 951-38-5728-X |
| ISBN (Print) | 951-38-5727-1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2001 |
| MoE publication type | C2 Edited books |
| Event | Plant Life Management: Midterm status of a R&D project - Espoo, Finland Duration: 1 Jan 2001 → 1 Jan 2001 |
Publication series
| Series | VTT Symposium |
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| Number | 218 |
| ISSN | 0357-9387 |
Keywords
- nuclear power plants
- service life
- life (durability)
- structures
- stress corrosion cracking
- aging (metallurgy)
- piping
- vibrations
- reliability