Research Article
Failure Assessment Methodologies for Pressure-Retaining Components under Severe Accident Loading
Table 1
Failure assessment criteria.
| Run # | Creep failure assessment | Plastic failure assessment |
| A | 60% limit curve (see Figure 5) with variable TF | Uniform elongation/variable TF | B | 100% limit curve (see Figure 5) with constant TF = 1 | Uniform elongation/constant TF |
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