Modelling crack growth rates in a pressurized water reactor environment using the CGR-1 software

Samenvatting

The lifetime of some pressurized water reactor components is limited because of stress corrosion cracking. Hence, reserach into the modelling of the crack growth rate in stainless steel is very important. Crack growth rate modelling software, CGR-1, was developed as part of the EU's FP6 project PERFECT by VUB in collaboration with SCK.
In this thesis a literature study on crack propagation models will be followed by a brief description of the CGR-1 software.
The change in crack growth rate will be studied by altering several input parameters like the environmental and radiation conditions, material properties and crack geometry. The last part of the thesis consists of an evaluation of the results that will be obtained from the CGR-1 software.

Datum prijs	2008
Originele taal	English
Begeleider	Johan Deconinck (Jury), Gert Weyns (Advisor) & Eric Van Walle (Promotor)