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Argonne updates: Fuel research and materials lab
Over the past two weeks, Argonne National Laboratory has announced numerous significant advancements being made by its staff to push forward nuclear fuels and materials research. Those announcements include the opening of the new Activated Materials Lab, the development of a new measurement technique, and the application of new artificial intelligence tools.
Lee A. James
Nuclear Technology | Volume 6 | Number 4 | April 1969 | Pages 307-312
Technical Papers and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT69-A28338
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The fatigue crack growth-rate behavior of Zircaloy-2 was determined at room temperature for three material conditions: annealed, hydrided annealed, and 35% cold-worked. The crack growth behavior was found to obey the “power law” of crack propagation. Usage of the data is discussed, and a hypothetical example for estimating the fatigue life of a flawed component is given.
