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13. High-temperature crack-arrest toughness data from large-specimen tests
(ORNL, USA)....................................................................................................................... 20
14. Overall crack-arrest specimen GP-1 (dimensions in mm) (MPA, Germany).................... 21
15. Test frame used in four-point bending fracture experiments (EdF, France) .................... 22
16. Clad bend-bar specimens, DD2 and DSR3, containing shallow semielliptical
underclad cracks (EdF, France).......................................................................................... 22
17. Prototypical flaw depths and metallurgical gradients were used in full-thickness
beam tests (O R N L , U SA )................................................................................................... 23
18. Cruciform beam specimen used in biaxial-loading effects tests ORNL, USA)................ 24
19. Clad cruciform specimens cut from an RPV shell segment and used to investigate
initiation behavior of prototypical RPV welds (ORNL, USA) ......................................... 25
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1. PT S integrity-influencing factors ....................................................................................... 3
2. PTS experiments and performing organization ................................................................... 5vi
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Pugh, C. E. A Review of Large-Scale Fracture Experiments Relevant to Pressure Vessel Integrity Under Pressurized Thermal Shock Conditions, report, January 29, 2001; Tennessee. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc715587/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.