Normalizing treatment influence on the forged steel SAE 8620 fracture properties

Materials Research

Paulo De Tarso Vida Gomes²  Julio Ricardo Barreto Cruz²  Emerson Giovani Rabelo²  Miguel Mattar Neto¹ 

[1] ,Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear M. Mattar NetoBelo Horizonte MG

关键词: fracture mechanics;    master curve;    reference temperature;    pressurized thermal shock;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-14392005000100011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

In a PWR nuclear power plant, the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) contains the fuel assemblies and reactor vessels internals and keeps the coolant at high temperature and high pressure during normal operation. The RPV integrity must be assured all along its useful life to protect the general public against a significant radiation liberation damage. One of the critical issues relative to the VPR structural integrity refers to the pressurized thermal shock (PTS) accident evaluation. To better understand the effects of this kind of event, a PTS experiment has been planned using an RPV prototype. The RPV material fracture behavior characterization in the ductile-brittle transition region represents one of the most important aspects of the structural assessment process of RPV's under PTS. This work presents the results of fracture toughness tests carried out to characterize the RPV prototype material behavior. The test data includes Charpy energy curves, T0 reference temperatures for definition of master curves, and fracture surfaces observed in electronic microscope. The results are given for the vessel steel in the "as received" and normalized conditions. This way, the influence of the normalizing treatment on the fracture properties of the steel could be evaluated.

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