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A Method for Investigating Multi-Axial Fatigue in a PWR Environment

Peter Gill, Paul Onwuarolu, Russell Smith, Ben Coult, Mark Kirkham, Matt Sutcliffe, Karen Cooper, Tom Schofield, Colin Madew, Alec McLennan, Chris Currie
Proc. ASME. PVP2021, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A012, July 13–15, 2021
Paper No: PVP2021-62429
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2021-62429
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Topics: Fatigue, Pressurized water reactors, Stress, Fatigue testing, Cycles, Failure, Finite element analysis, Cracking (Materials), Fracture (Process), Design
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Negative R Fatigue Short Crack Growth Rate Testing on Austenitic Stainless Steels

Adam Griffiths, Peter Gill, Ben Coult, Jack Beswick, Norman Platts, Jonathan Mann, Chris Currie, Joe Airey
Proc. ASME. PVP2021, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A013, July 13–15, 2021
Paper No: PVP2021-62909
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2021-62909
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Topics: Fatigue, Fracture (Materials), Stainless steel, Testing, Grain size, Heat, Nucleation (Physics), Stress, Analytical methods, ASME Standards
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Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue Crack Growth Testing

Jennifer Borg, Norman Platts, Peter Gill, Jonathan Mann, Chris Currie
Proc. ASME. PVP2020, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A018, August 3, 2020
Paper No: PVP2020-21424
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2020-21424
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Topics: Design, Fatigue cracks, Testing, Thermomechanics
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Further Development of Fatigue Crack Growth Expressions for Austenitic Stainless Steels in PWR Water and Additional Validation of the WTKR Method

Jonathan Mann, Chris Currie, Jennifer Borg, Norman Platts
Proc. ASME. PVP2020, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A021, August 3, 2020
Paper No: PVP2020-21585
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2020-21585
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Topics: Fatigue cracks, Pressurized water reactors, Stainless steel, Water
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Investigation Into Crack Closure Effects for Fatigue Crack Growth Under Negative R Conditions

Ben Pellereau, Chris Currie, Jonathan Mann, Ben Coult
Proc. ASME. PVP2020, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A022, August 3, 2020
Paper No: PVP2020-21627
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2020-21627
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Topics: Fatigue cracks, Fracture (Materials), Stress, Testing, Corners (Structural elements), Pressurized water reactors, Stainless steel, Water
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Proposal for a Total Fatigue Life Assessment Methodology That Predicts Fatigue Life From Defect Initiation to Through Wall Leak

Joseph Batten, Chris Currie, Jonathan Mann, Andrew Morley
Proc. ASME. PVP2020, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A109, August 3, 2020
Paper No: PVP2020-21706
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2020-21706
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Topics: Fatigue life, Leakage, Fatigue, Design, Fatigue cracks, Modeling, Pipes, Reliability
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Extension of Weighted Stress Intensity Factor Rate (WKR) Method to Characterisation of Varying Temperature and Loading Rate in Plant Realistic Waveform Fatigue Crack Growth Calculations

Chris Currie, Jonathan Mann, Peter Gill, Daniel Leary, Keith Wright
Proc. ASME. PVP2019, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A021, July 14–19, 2019
Paper No: PVP2019-93855
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2019-93855
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Topics: Fatigue cracks, Pressurized water reactors, Stainless steel, Stress, Temperature
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Fatigue Initiation of 304L Stainless Steel Subject to Thermal Shock Loading in a PWR Environment

Peter Gill, Peter Brown, David Tice, Norman Platts, Chris Currie
Proc. ASME. PVP2019, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A023, July 14–19, 2019
Paper No: PVP2019-93923
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2019-93923
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Topics: Fatigue, Pressurized water reactors, Stainless steel, Thermal shock, Cycles, Temperature, Transients (Dynamics), Stress, Testing, Design
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A Critical Review of Recent Fatigue Crack Growth Data in Relation to ASME Code Case N-809

Jonathan Mann, Chris Currie, David Tice, Norman Platts
Proc. ASME. PVP2019, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A017, July 14–19, 2019
Paper No: PVP2019-93563
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2019-93563
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Topics: ASME Standards, Fatigue cracks, Stainless steel
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Scaling of SN Curves for Varying ‘Initiation’ Crack Definitions From Striation Counted Environmental Fatigue Specimens: A 250 Micron Austenitic Stainless Steel SN Curve and Associated Fen Factors

Joseph Batten, Chris Currie, Jonathan Mann, Keith Wright
Proc. ASME. PVP2019, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A019, July 14–19, 2019
Paper No: PVP2019-93847
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2019-93847
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Topics: Fatigue, Fracture (Materials), Stainless steel, Design, Pressurized water reactors, Strain gradient, Stress, Carbon dioxide, Cooling, Cycles
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Critical Review of Strain Measures for Characterisation of Fatigue Damage in ASME Section III Fatigue Assessments

Daniel Leary, Chris Currie, Keith Wright
Proc. ASME. PVP2019, Volume 1: Codes and Standards, V001T01A020, July 14–19, 2019
Paper No: PVP2019-93849
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2019-93849
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Topics: Fatigue, Fatigue damage, Stress, ASME Standards, Pipes, Design, Fracture (Materials), Plane strain, Pressure vessel construction, Reactor vessels
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Effect of Surface Condition on the Fatigue Life of Austenitic Stainless Steels in High Temperature Water Environments

Andrew Morley, Marius Twite, Norman Platts, Alec McLennan, Chris Currie
Proc. ASME. PVP2018, Volume 1A: Codes and Standards, V01AT01A017, July 15–20, 2018
Paper No: PVP2018-84251
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2018-84251
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Topics: Fatigue life, High temperature, Stainless steel, Water, Design, Fatigue design, Finishes, Surface roughness, Accounting, Alloys
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Further Validation of the Strain-Life Weighted (SNW) F en Method for Plant Realistic Strain and Temperature Waveforms

Chris Currie, Andrew Morley, Daniel Leary, Norman Platts, Marius Twite, Keith Wright
Proc. ASME. PVP2018, Volume 1A: Codes and Standards, V01AT01A026, July 15–20, 2018
Paper No: PVP2018-84879
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2018-84879
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Topics: Temperature, Fatigue, Cycles, Pressurized water reactors, Water, Accounting, Coolants, Fatigue life, Nuclear power stations, Oxygen
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A Thermomechanical PWR Test Facility to Investigate Thermal Shock Loading on a Small Scale Tubular Specimen

Peter Gill, Norman Platts, Chris Currie, Eleanor Grieveson
Proc. ASME. PVP2018, Volume 1A: Codes and Standards, V01AT01A027, July 15–20, 2018
Paper No: PVP2018-84923
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2018-84923
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Topics: Pressurized water reactors, Test facilities, Thermal shock, Thermomechanics, Geometry, Stress analysis (Engineering), Finite element analysis, Flow (Dynamics), Heat transfer coefficients, Temperature
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Models for Calculating the Effect of Environment on Fatigue Life (F en ) for Complex Waveforms and/or Non-Isothermal Conditions

Chris Currie, Andrew Morley, Norman Platts, Marius Twite, Keith Wright
Proc. ASME. PVP2017, Volume 1A: Codes and Standards, V01AT01A030, July 16–20, 2017
Paper No: PVP2017-66030
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2017-66030
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Topics: Accounting, Coolants, Cycles, Fatigue, Fatigue cracks, Fatigue life, Nuclear power stations, Oxygen, Pressurized water reactors, Stainless steel
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Further Validation of the Weighted Stress Intensity Factor Rate (WKR) Method for Stainless Steel Pressurised Water Reactor Fatigue Crack Growth Calculations

Julian Emslie, Sam Cruchley, Chris Currie, Keith Wright
Proc. ASME. PVP2017, Volume 1A: Codes and Standards, V01AT01A024, July 16–20, 2017
Paper No: PVP2017-65645
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2017-65645
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Topics: Fatigue cracks, Stainless steel, Stress, Water, Cycles, Fatigue, Pressurized water reactors, Temperature, Thermal shock, ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
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An Investigation Into the Lifetimes of Solid and Hollow Fatigue Endurance Specimens Using Cyclic Hardening Material Models in Finite Element Analysis

Peter Gill, Peter James, Chris Currie, Colin Madew, Andrew Morley
Proc. ASME. PVP2017, Volume 1A: Codes and Standards, V01AT01A028, July 16–20, 2017
Paper No: PVP2017-65975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2017-65975
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Topics: Fatigue, Finite element analysis, Hardening, Testing, Fatigue life, Light water reactors, Cycles, Geometry, Inspection, Membranes
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A Case Study Evaluating the Effects of High Cycle Thermal Loading Within a Pressurised Water Reactor Mixing Tee Using Conjugate CFD/FE Methods

James Wilson, Chris Currie, Michael Jones, Lewis Davenport
Proc. ASME. PVP2016, Volume 3: Design and Analysis, V003T03A050, July 17–21, 2016
Paper No: PVP2016-63233
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2016-63233
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Topics: Computational fluid dynamics, Cycles, Water, Temperature, Fatigue, Flow (Dynamics), Metals, Finite element analysis, Pipes, Damage
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Accounting for Negative R-Ratio (Crack Closure) in Fatigue Crack Growth Calculations on Stainless Steel Components

Chris Watson, Chris Currie, Julian Emslie
Proc. ASME. PVP2015, Volume 3: Design and Analysis, V003T03A045, July 19–23, 2015
Paper No: PVP2015-45622
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2015-45622
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Topics: Accounting, Fatigue cracks, Fracture (Materials), Stainless steel, Cycles, Stress, Engineering standards, Mechanical properties