Method and apparatus for automated crack behavior prediction determination
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1. A method of predicting component crack behavior in a nuclear reactor, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving input water chemistry characteristics over a global computer network;
(b) accessing a crack growth behavior model that predicts component crack behavior according to the input water chemistry characteristics; and
(c) outputting over the global computer network a crack growth prediction profile according to an analysis of the crack growth behavior model.
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Abstract
A method of predicting component crack behavior in a nuclear reactor provides access to a crack growth behavior model over a global network. A user inputs water chemistry and material characteristics of a particular nuclear reactor and can perform crack growth rate predictions by accessing the behavior model over the computer network. A crack growth prediction profile or crack growth based result is output over the network according to an analysis by the behavior model.
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1. A method of predicting component crack behavior in a nuclear reactor, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving input water chemistry characteristics over a global computer network;
(b) accessing a crack growth behavior model that predicts component crack behavior according to the input water chemistry characteristics; and
(c) outputting over the global computer network a crack growth prediction profile according to an analysis of the crack growth behavior model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A computer system for predicting component crack behavior in a nuclear reactor, the computer system comprising:
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at least one user computer running a computer program that receives input water chemistry characteristics; and
a system server running a server program, the at least one user computer and the system server being interconnected by a computer network, the system server storing a crack growth behavior model that predicts component crack behavior according to the input water chemistry characteristics, and the system server outputting over the computer network a crack growth prediction profile according to an analysis of the crack growth behavior model.
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5. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for predicting component crack behavior in a boiling water nuclear reactor, the computer program comprising:
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means for receiving input water chemistry characteristics over a global computer network;
means for accessing a crack growth behavior model that predicts component crack behavior according to the input water chemistry characteristics; and
means for outputting over the global computer network a crack growth prediction profile or crack growth based result according to an analysis of the crack growth behavior model.
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