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STP 1204 Small Specimen Test Techniques Applied to Nuclear Reactor Vessel Thermal Annealing and Plant Life Extension William R.Corwin,Fahmy M.Haggag,and William L.Server,editors ASTM Publication Code Number(PCN)04-012040-35 ASTM 1916 Race Street Philadelphia,PA 19103 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Small specimen test techniques applied to nuclear reactor vessel thermal annealing and plant life extension/William R.Corwin,Fahmy M.Haggag,and William L.Server,editors.p.cm.-(STP;1204)Contains papers presented at the symposium of the same name held in New Orleans,Louisiana,on 29-31 Jan.1992.sponsored by ASTM Committee E-10 on Nuclear Technology and Applications-Foreword.ASTM publication code number(PCN)04-01204-35.Includes bibliographical references and indexes.ISBN 0-8031-1869-4 1.Nuclear pressure vessels-Testing-Congresses.2.Annealing of metals-Congresses.3.Nuclear power plants-Maintainability-Congresses.I.Corwin,W.R.II.Haggag,Fahmy M.III.Server,W.L.IV.ASTM Committee E-10 on Nuclear Technology and Applications.V.Series:ASTM special technical publication;1204.TK9211.5.$57 1993 621.483dc20 93-20768 CIP Copyright?9 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS,Philadelphia,PA.All rights reserved.This material may not be reproduced or copied,in whole or in part,in any printed,mechanical,electronic,film,or other distribution and storage media,without the written consent of the publisher.Photocopy Rights Authorization to photocopy Items for internal or personal use,or the internal or personal use of specific clients,is granted by the AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS for users registered with the Copyright Clearance Center(CCC)Transactional Reporting Service,provided that the base fee of$2.50 per copy,plus$0.50 per page is paid directly to CCC,27 Congress St.,Salem,MA 01970;(508)744-3350.For those organizations that have been granted a photocopy license by CCC,a separate system of payment has been arranged.The fee code for users of the Transactional Reporting Service is 0-8031-1869-4/93$2.50+.50.Peer Review Policy Each paper published in this volume was evaluated by three peer reviewers.The authors addressed all of the reviewers comments to the satisfaction of both the technical editor(s)and the ASTM Committee on Publications.The quality of the papers in this publication reflects not only the obvious efforts of the authors and the technical editor(s),but also the work of these peer reviewers.The ASTM Committee on Publications acknowledges with appreciation their dedication and contribution to time and effort on behalf of ASTM.Printed in Ann Arbor,MI October 1993 Foreword This publication,Small Specimen Test Techniques Applied to Nuclear Reactor Vessel Ther-mal Annealing and Plant Life Extension,contains papers presented at the symposium of the same name held in New Orleans,Louisiana,on 29-31 Jan.1992.The symposium was sponsored by ASTM Committee E-10 on Nuclear Technology and Applications.Cochairmen were William R.Corwin,Oak Ridge National Laboratory,Fahmy M.Haggag,Oak Ridge National Laboratory,and William L.Server,ATI Incorporated.Contents Overview NONDESTRUCTIVE AND NONINTRUSIVE TESTING TECHNIQUES Pressure Vessel Steel Embrittlement Monitoring by Magnetic Properties MeasurementsmJAMES F.STUBBINS,WEI-JA SHONG,MICHAEL GIACOBBE,ABDERRAFI M.OUGOUAG AND JOHN G.WILLIAMS Discussion Electrochemical Evaluation of Thermal Aging Embrittlement of 21/4 Cr-lMo Steel for a Nuclear Pressure VesseI-YUTAKA NISHIYAMA,KIYOSHI FUKAYA,MASAHIDE SUZUKI,MOTOKUNI ETO,AND TETSUO SHOJI In-Situ Measurements of Mechanical Properties Using Novel Automated Bali Indentation System-FAHMV M.HAGGAG 5 15 16 27 CHARPY IMPACT TESTING Recent Improvements in Size Effects Correlations for DBTT and Upper Shelf Energy of Ferritic SteeiS-ARVIND S.KUMAR,BRIAN S.LOUDEN,FRANK A.GARNER,AND MARGARET L.HAMILTON Discussion Laser Weld Reconstitution of Conventional Charpy and Miniaturized Notch Test(MNT)SpecimenswMICHAEL P.MANAHAN,JAMES WILLIAMS,AND RICHARD P.MARTUKANITZ Fracture Toughness Evaluation of Neutron-Irradiated Composites by a Miniaturized Charpy TestKENICHI HAMADA,SHINJI SATO,AND AKIRA KOHYAMA 47 61 62 77 FRACTURE TOUGHNESS TESTING Simple Constraint Corrections for Subsize Fracture Toughness Specimensm TED L.ANDERSON AND ROBERT H.DODDS,JR.Discussion 93 104 Application of Micromechanical Material Models for the Evaluation of the Fracture Toughness of Primary Circuit Steel Components-WlNFRIED SCHMITr AND JOHANN G.BLAUEL 106 On the Brittle-to-Ductile Transition Fracture Behavior-T.VARGA AND D.H.NJO 118 Fracture Toughness Measurements with Subsize Disk Compact Specimens-DAVID J.ALEXANDER 130 Discussion 142 On the Development of a Fracture Toughness Test Procedure Using a Notched Disk Specimen-MARIE BERNARD,JAMES W.PROVAN,AND HULIKAL V.LAKSHMINARAYANA 143 Assessment of Fracture Toughness by a Punch Test with Miniature Specimens-ANTHONY N.SINCLAIR,OLEV LEPIK,MICHAEL GABBANI,BISWAJIT MUKHERJEE,AND ERIC ALBERTINI 162 Discussion 180 Fract