Graphite testing for nuclear applications : the significance of test specimen volume and geometry and the statistical significance of test specimen population

Overview . . vii
Effect of Test Specimen Size on Graphite Strength . . 1
The Use of Small Graphite Specimen Test Data for Large Core Components for HTGR . . 30
Applicability and Limitations of Miniature Specimens for Properties Determination of Fine-Grained Graphite . . 65
Small-Scale Approaches to Evaluate the Mechanical Properties of Quasi-Brittle Reactor Core Graphite . . 84
Quality Control Using Inferential Statistics in Weibull-Based Reliability Analyses . . 105
The Scaling of the Strength of Nuclear Graphite with Particular Emphasis on Statistical Aspects and Implications for Testing . . 123
Sample Size Effects on Ultrasonic Measurements of Elastic Moduli-Experimental and Theoretical Investigations . . 144
Small Specimen Data from a High Temperature HFIR Irradiation Experiment . . 172
Specimen Size Effects in the Determination of Nuclear Grade Graphite Thermal Diffusivity . . 186
Size Effect on the Fracture Properties of Nuclear Graphite . . 199