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| Reference Number | EP/N016351/1 | |
| Title | Creep and Creep-Fatigue Crack Growth Mechanisms in Alloy 709 | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Nuclear Fission and Fusion(Nuclear Fission, Nuclear supporting technologies) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Professor P Bowen No email address given Metallurgy and Materials University of Birmingham |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 December 2015 | |
| End Date | 30 September 2019 | |
| Duration | 46 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £420,446 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Energy | |
| Region | West Midlands | |
| Programme | Energy : Energy | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor P Bowen , Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham (100.000%) |
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| Abstract | Predicting crack growth lives of components that are subject to long times under stress in complex operating cycles and environments is one essential element in underpinning any proposed flaw evaluation procedure for both next generation advanced nuclear reactors and for the extension of life of existing reactors (such as the UK fleet of Advanced Gas Cooled Reactors, AGRs). The proposed research will contribute to the scientific understanding of mechanisms of creep-crack growth, creep-fatigue crack growth and dwell-fatigue crack growth in a specific stainless steel alloy. Flaw evaluation procedures in future nuclear reactors can then be based with more confidence on models of materials' behaviour underpinned by increased physical understanding. In particular the study will address how results obtained from accelerated tests can be applied appropriately to predict flaw extension behaviour under envisaged operating conditions (over a design lifetime of sixty years) | |
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| Added to Database | 22/08/16 | |
