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ReviewHeliyon2020

Nanometre to micrometre length-scale techniques for characterising environmentally-assisted cracking: An appraisal.

Ronald N Clark, Robert Burrows, Rajesh Patel, Stacy Moore, Keith R Hallam, Peter E J Flewitt

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Review in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. AnExperimental mechanics · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ronald N ClarkNational Nuclear Laboratory Limited, 102B, Stonehouse Park, Sperry Way, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, GL10 3UT, United Kingdom.
Robert BurrowsNational Nuclear Laboratory Limited, 102B, Stonehouse Park, Sperry Way, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, GL10 3UT, United Kingdom.
Rajesh PatelNational Nuclear Laboratory Limited, 102B, Stonehouse Park, Sperry Way, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, GL10 3UT, United Kingdom.
Stacy MooreUniversity of Bristol, Interface Analysis Centre, HH Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL, United Kingdom.
Keith R HallamUniversity of Bristol, Interface Analysis Centre, HH Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL, United Kingdom.
Peter E J FlewittUniversity of Bristol, Interface Analysis Centre, HH Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The appraisal is strongly focussed on challenges associated with the nuclear sector, however these are representative of what is generally encountered by a range of engineering applications. Ensuring structural integrity of key nuclear plant components is essential for both safe and economic operation. Structural integrity assessments require knowledge of the mechanical and physical properties of materials, together with an understanding of mechanisms that can limit the overall operating life. With improved mechanistic understanding comes the ability to develop predictive models of the service life of components. Such models often require parameters which can be provided only by characterisation of processes occurring

Indexed as

CorrosionEnvironmentally assisted crackingLength scaleMaterials characterizationMaterials propertyMaterials scienceMaterials structureMeasurement techniquesNuclear engineeringNuclear reactorSteel

Identifiers

PMID32190752
PMCPMC7068651

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