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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Understanding and modelling damage and fracture in nuclear grade graphite

dc:creator Becker, Thorsten
dc:date.issued2011

Abstract

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This thesis studied the crack initiation and propagation characteristics of Nuclear Block Graphite 10 (NBG10) and Gilsocarbon (IM1-24), using the DoubleTorsion (DT) technique.

Degree

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Department of Mechanical Engineering
Year dc:date.issued
2011

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Becker, Thorsten
Advisors dc:contributor.advisor
  • Tait, Robert B
  • Marrow, T J

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10121
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oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10121

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Becker, Thorsten. Understanding and modelling damage and fracture in nuclear grade graphite. Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10121

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