A STUDY ON THE AGING DEGRADATION OF ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE-DIENE MONOMER (EPDM) UNDER LOCA CONDITION |
Seo, Yong-Dae
(Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University)
Lee, Hyun-Seon (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University) Kim, Yong-Soo (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University) Song, Chi-Sung (Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials) |
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