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In order to assess the behaviour of components submitted to very severe temperature fluctuations, the conditions corresponding to initiation and propagation of cracks under thermal loading must be known. These conditions were determined for the 316 L steel, which is a material widely used in the nuclear industry. In the fast breeder reactors, the mixing of sodium flows at different temperatures (thermal striping) can lead to the development of a crack network on some components [1, 2]. In fusion reactors, the first wall of the tokamak vacuum vessel will suffer from thermal shock even in normal operating conditions due to a periodic ignition of the plasma about every 100 seconds. However, thermal fatigue will also result from successive disruptions of the plasma.
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Fissolo, A., Marini, B., Berrada, A., Nais, G., Wident, P. (1996). Initiation and Growth of Cracks Under Thermal Fatigue Loading for a 316 L Type Steel. In: Bressers, J., Rémy, L., Steen, M., Vallés, J.L. (eds) Fatigue under Thermal and Mechanical Loading: Mechanisms, Mechanics and Modelling. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8636-8_7
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