To date, almost all the studies related to component damage have been concerned primarily with dynamic interactions at the interface of contacting components and the subsequent damage due to mechanical wear. Based on the results of examination of a large assortment of photo-micrographs taken from worn reactor components and worn specimens from a broad range of test facilities, it appears that, in many cases, mechanical wear is only a secondary contributing mechanism. With the exception of special cases where severe flow-induced vibration might have occurred, such as in some condensers and primary heat exchangers as well as in the U-bend and inlet regions of some earlier steam generators, resulting in severe component interactions causing substantial wear damage, erosion, corrosion, impacting and perhaps cavitation would seem to be the primary contributing mechanisms.
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ASME 2003 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference
July 20–24, 2003
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Pressure Vessels and Piping Division
ISBN:
0-7918-4156-1
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A Review of Wear Scar Patterns of Nuclear Power Plant Components
Pak L. Ko,
Pak L. Ko
National Research Council of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Agne`s Lina,
Agne`s Lina
Electricite´ de France, Moret-sur-Loing, France
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Antoine Ambard
Antoine Ambard
Electricite´ de France, Moret-sur-Loing, France
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Pak L. Ko
National Research Council of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Agne`s Lina
Electricite´ de France, Moret-sur-Loing, France
Antoine Ambard
Electricite´ de France, Moret-sur-Loing, France
Paper No:
PVP2003-2079, pp. 97-106; 10 pages
Published Online:
August 13, 2008
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Ko, PL, Lina, A, & Ambard, A. "A Review of Wear Scar Patterns of Nuclear Power Plant Components." Proceedings of the ASME 2003 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. Flow-Induced Vibration. Cleveland, Ohio, USA. July 20–24, 2003. pp. 97-106. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2003-2079
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