Model of corrosion cracking of irradiated austenitic steels. Part 2. Determination of model parameters and its verification

Based on the analysis and generalization of reference and original experimental data unknown coefficients, parameters and functions in constitutive equations of the model developed in the first part of article have been defined. The model has been verified. The model allows one to predict the dependence σ^IASCC_th (below which SCC does not occur at any time of tests) on neutron dose and to calculate the time of SCC initiation at stresses higher than σ^IASCC_th.

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