SEDL / STP / STP979-EB / STP29123S

Development of Microstructure to Optimize Mechanical Performance of Power Generation Equipment

Marshall, P
Research Officer, TPRD Central Electricity Generating Board, Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories, Berkeley, Gloucestershire

Pages: 44    Published: Jan 1988

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Abstract

The factors responsible for the development of microstructure in CEGB construction ceramics and steels are assessed as a function of composition, thermomechanical treatment, thermal ageing, and environmental degradation. The relationships between microstructure and mechanical properties (tensile, toughness, creep, and fatigue) of relevance to structures operating in power generation equipment are then developed in quantitative terms.