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| A new simulation approach for crack initiation, propagation and arrest in hollow cylinders under thermal shock based on XFEM
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| State-of-the-art of WPS in RPV PTS analysis
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| Fracture mechanics analyses of a reactor pressure vessel under non-uniform cooling with a combined TRACE-XFEM approach
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| Modelling of reactor pressure vessel subjected to pressurized thermal shock using 3D-XFEM
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| Screening analysis for pressurized thermal shock (PTS) transient scenarios
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| Uncertainties in pressurized thermal shock analyses
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| Crack initiation, arrest and tearing assessments of a RPV subjected to PTS events
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| Effect of non-uniform reactor cooling on fracture and constraint of a reactor pressure vessel
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| Effects of embedded cracks and residual stresses on the integrity of a reactor pressure vessel
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| Presentation of DEFI-PROSAFE project: probabilistic methodology to assess margin in deterministic RPV integrity assessment and proposed benchmark
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| Fracture mechanics analyses of embedded cracks under PTS and effects of residual stresses
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| Application of the French codes to the pressurized thermal shocks assessment
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| Integrity analysis of a reactor pressure vessel subjected to a realistic pressurized thermal shock considering the cooling plume and constraint effects
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| Analysis of a reactor pressure vessel subjected to pressurized thermal shocks
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| Deterministic and probabilistic PTS study for a reactor pressure vessel considering plume cooling effects
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| Probabilistic pressurized thermal shock analysis for a reactor pressure vessel considering plume cooling effect
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| Investigation on constraint effect of a reactor pressure vessel subjected to pressurized thermal shocks
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| Probabilistic pressurized thermal shocks analyses for a reactor pressure vessel
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| Probabilistic pressurized thermal shocks analysis for a reactor pressure vessel by considering plume effect
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