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Fabrication of Mechanical fatigue flawed Specimen and Evaluation of Flaw Size  

Hong, Jae-Keun (Authorized Nuclear Inspection Group, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Kim, Woo-Sung (Authorized Nuclear Inspection Group, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Son, Young-Ho (Authorized Nuclear Inspection Group, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Park, Ban-Uk (Authorized Nuclear Inspection Group, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing / v.23, no.1, 2003 , pp. 38-44 More about this Journal
Abstract
Performance demonstration with real flawed specimens has been strongly required for nondestructive evaluation of safety class components in nuclear power plant. Mechanical or thermal fatigue crack and intergranular stress corrosion cracking could be occured in the in-service nuclear power plant and mechanical fatigue crack was selected to study in this paper. Specimen was designed to produce mechanical fatigue flaw under tensile stress. The number of cycles and the level of stress were controlled to obtain the desired flaw roughness. After the accurate physical measurement of the flaw size and location, fracture surface was seal-welded in place to ensure the designed location and site. The remaining weld groove was then filled by using gas-tungsten are welding(GTAW) and flux-cored arc welding(FCAW). Results of radio graphic and ultrasonic testing showed that fatigue cracks were consistent with the designed size and location in the final specimens.
Keywords
fatigue flaw; performance demonstration; flawed specimen; ultrasonic testing;
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