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Argonne: Where AI research meets education and training
Last September, in the Chicago suburb of Lemont, Ill., Argonne National Laboratory hosted its first AI STEM Education Summit. More than 180 educators from high schools, community colleges, and universities; STEM administrators; and experts in various disciplines convened at “One Ecosystem, Many Pathways–Building an AI-Ready STEM Workforce” to discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping STEM-related industries, including the implications for the nuclear engineering classroom and workforce.
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Nuclear Technology | Volume 38 | Number 3 | May 1978 | Pages 415-426
Technical Paper | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT78-A32039
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Fatigue and creep crack propagation in 20 and 25% cold-worked Type 304 and 20% cold-worked Type 316 stainless steels were examined at 427 to 593°C (800 to 1100°F). The resistance to fatigue crack growth was slightly better for Type 304 stainless steel compared to Type 316 stainless steel, and was improved by an increase in cold work; however, these differences were small Compared to solution-annealed stainless steel, the cold-worked steels had higher crack growth resistance at high stress intensity levels. Creep crack growth occurred at 482°C (900°F), but much higher stress intensities, K, were required than in fatigue. However, at 593°C creep and fatigue crack growth occurred over the same K range and, in fact, at higher K levels crack growth in creep was faster than in fatigue. Retardation of crack growth was observed when the load on a specimen was changed from cyclic to static.