Photo-Elastic Exploration of the Stresses in a Design for a Full-Bore Closure for a Reactor Pressure Vessel

Abstract

This paper describes the analysis, by photo–elastic methods, of a model of a design for a full-bore closure for a reactor pressure vessel.

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