Fracture mechanics testing of irradiated RPV steels by means of sub-sized specimens (FRACTESUS)

Project Information

FRACTESUS

Grant agreement ID: 900014

DOI 10.3030/900014

EC signature date 25 May 2020

Start date 1 October 2020

End date 30 September 2024

Funded under

• Euratom

Total cost € 4 666 061,25

EU contribution € 2 986 814,61

Coordinated by

STUDIECENTRUM VOOR KERNENERGIE / CENTRE D'ETUDE DE L'ENERGIE NUCLEAIRE
Belgium

Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (3)

Project management platform
First FRACTESUS special session
Project profiles in social/scientific networks available

Documents, reports (5)

Fabrication of irradiated specimens
Test matrix of FRACTESUS
FRACTESUS testing protocols and reporting formats
Fabrication of non-irradiated specimens

Fabrication of nonirradiated specimens

Mid-term review report

Midterm review report

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

DMP

FRACTESUS Data Management Plan (first version)

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (8)

Simple inverse FEM based procedure of flow curve extraction applied to unirradiated and irradiated 73 W weld material

Author(s): Tomasz Brynk; Inge Uytdenhouwen; Rachid Chaouadi
Published in: Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Issue 289, 2023, Page(s) 109400
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2023.109400

Master curve testing of RPV steels using mini-C(T) specimens – Irradiation effects and censoring statistics

Author(s): A. Das; P. Chekhonin; M. Houska; F. Obermeier; E. Altstadt
Published in: Nuclear Materials and Energy, Issue 34, 2023, Page(s) 101395
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.nme.2023.101395

On the use of mini-CT specimens to define the Master Curve of unirradiated reactor pressure vessel steels with relatively high reference temperatures

Author(s): Marcos Sánchez; Sergio Cicero; Borja Arroyo; Ana Cimentada
Published in: Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, Issue 124, 2023, Page(s) 103736
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2022.103736

Effect of pre-crack non-uniformity for mini-CT geometry in ductile tearing regime

Author(s): Meng Li; Rachid Chaouadi; Ludovic Noels; Inge Uytdenhouwen; Marlies Lambrecht; Thomas Pardoen
Published in: Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, Issue 126, 2023, Page(s) 103946
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2023.103946

Using Mini-CT Specimens for the Fracture Characterization of Ferritic Steels within the Ductile to Brittle Transition Range: A Review

Author(s): Marcos Sánchez; Sergio Cicero; Mark Kirk; Eberhard Altstadt; William Server; Masato Yamamoto
Published in: Metals, Issue 13, 2023, Page(s) 124
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/met13010176

Use of the small punch test for the estimation of ductile-to-brittle transition temperature shift of irradiated steels

Author(s): E. Altstadt, F. Bergner, M. Houska
Published in: Nuclear Materials and Energy, Issue 26, 2021, Page(s) 100918, ISSN 2352-1791
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
DOI: 10.1016/j.nme.2021.100918

Size correction scheme to determine fracture toughness with mini-CT geometry in the transition regime

Author(s): Meng Li; Rachid Chaouadi; Inge Uytdenhouwen; Thomas Pardoen
Published in: Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Issue 270, 2023, Page(s) 109486
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2023.109486

Effect of the pre-crack non-uniformity on the initiation of brittle fracture in mini-CT specimen

Author(s): Meng Li; Inge Uytdenhouwen; Thomas Pardoen; Rachid Chaouadi; Marlies Lambrecht
Published in: Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Issue 290, 2023, Page(s) 109457
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2023.109457

Conference proceedings (11)

FRACTESUS Project overview: objectives, organisation and initial findings

Author(s): Marcos Sánchez, Sergio Cicero, Borja Arroyo, Giovanni Bonny, Helen Swan, Petteri Lappalainen, Eberhard Altstadt, Tom Petit, Florian Obermeier
Published in: Procedia Structural Integrity, Issue 47, 2023, Page(s) 22-29
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.prostr.2023.06.034

Estimation of the loading conditions to fracture behaviour

Author(s): Dundulis, Gintautas; Narvydas, Evaldas; Leišis, Vitalis; Petit, Tom
Published in: Proceedings 31st International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials, 2022, Page(s) 370-375, ISBN 978-80-88365-06-8
Publisher: -
DOI: 10.37904/metal.2022.4409

Modification of VCCT method with implementation of GTN model for the determination of J-integral

Author(s): Bernadett Spisák; Zoltán Bézi; Réka Erdei; Szabolcs Szávai
Published in: Procedia Structural Integrity, Issue 48, 2023, Page(s) 326-333
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.prostr.2023.07.125

CARACTERIZACIÓN EN FRACTURA DE ACEROS DE VASIJA MEDIANTE PROBETAS MINI-CT Y SMALL PUNCH. PRIMEROS PASOS DEL PROYECTO EUROPEO FRACTESUS

Author(s): Borja Arroyo Martínez; Sergio Cicero González; M. Lambrecht; H. Swan; P. Arffman; E. Altstadt; T. Petit; F. Obermeier
Published in: Revista española de mecánica de la fractura, Issue 2, 2021, Page(s) 49-54
Publisher: Sociedad Espanñola de Integridad Estructural. Grupo español de Fractura
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5121253

FRACTESUS: FRACTURE MECHANICS TESTING OF IRRADIATED RPV STEELS BY MEANS OF SUBSIZED SPECIMENS

Author(s): Sánchez, Marcos; Cicero, Sergio; Arroyo, Borja
Published in: Revista española de mecánica de la fractura, Issue 4, 2022, Page(s) 65-70
Publisher: -

FRACTESUS Project: Final Selection of RPV Materials for Unirradiated and Irradiated Round Robins

Author(s): Tomasz Brynk; Inge Uytdenhouwen; Pentti Arffman; Eberhard Altstadt; Radim Kopriva; Florian Obermeier; Marta Serrano
Published in: ASME 2022 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference, Issue 1, 2022
Publisher: ASME
DOI: 10.1115/pvp2022-83871

FRACTESUS project: General framework of materials selection and testing processes

Author(s): T. Brynk; M. Lambrecht; I. Uytdenhouwen; P. Arffman; E. Altstadt; T. Petit
Published in: Pressure Vessels & Piping 2021 (PVP 2021), 2021
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
DOI: 10.1115/pvp2021-61906

Fracture mechanics testing of irradiated RPV steels by means of sub-sized specimens: FRACTESUS project

Author(s): S. Cicero, M. Lambrecht, H. Swan, P. Arffman, E. Altstadt, T. Petit, F. Obermeier, B. Arroyo, J.A. Álvarez, R. Lacalle
Published in: Procedia Structural Integrity, Issue 28, 2020, Page(s) 61-66, ISSN 2452-3216
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
DOI: 10.1016/j.prostr.2020.10.008

Master curve evaluation of ANP-5 steel using mini-CT specimens

Author(s): Marcos Sánchez; Sergio Cicero; Borja Arroyo; Sergio Arrieta
Published in: Procedia Structural Integrity, Issue 42, 2022, Page(s) 218-223
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.prostr.2022.12.027

FRACture mechanics TEsting of irradiated RPV steels by means of SUb-sized Specimens: FRACTESUS PROJECT

Author(s): Marcos Sánchez; Sergio Cicero; Borja Arroyo; Sergio Arrieta
Published in: Procedia Structural Integrity, Issue 42, 2022, Page(s) 35-41
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.prostr.2022.12.003

Increase of nuclear installations safety by better understanding of materials performance and new testing techniques development (MEACTOS, INCEFA-SCALE, and FRACTESUS H2020 projects)

Author(s): Tomasz Brynk; Francisco Javier Perosanz Lopez; Alec McLennan
Published in: EPJ Nuclear Science and Technology, Issue 8, 2022, Page(s) 42
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/epjn/2022033