Modeling microstructural evolution in irradiated materials with cluster dynamics methods: a review

AA Kohnert, BD Wirth, L Capolungo - Computational Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
As both the design of material systems for nuclear energy applications and the number of
reactor designs being proposed increase the need for material models predicting the …

The interaction of dislocations and hydrogen-vacancy complexes and its importance for deformation-induced proto nano-voids formation in α-Fe

S Li, Y Li, YC Lo, T Neeraj, R Srinivasan, X Ding… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
By using molecular dynamics and cluster dynamics simulations, we probed the role of
hydrogen-vacancy complexes on nucleation and growth of proto nano-voids upon …

Characterization of neutron-irradiated ferritic model alloys and a RPV steel from combined APT, SANS, TEM and PAS analyses

E Meslin, M Lambrecht, M Hernández-Mayoral… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2010 - Elsevier
Understanding the behavior of reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels under irradiation is a
mandatory task that has to be elucidated in order to be able to operate safely a nuclear …

Precipitation and hardening in irradiated low alloy steels with a wide range of Ni and Mn compositions

N Almirall, PB Wells, T Yamamoto, K Wilford, T Williams… - Acta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Mn-Ni-Si intermetallic precipitates (MNSPs) that are observed in some Fe-based
alloys following thermal aging and irradiation are of considerable scientific and technical …

Effect of heavy ion irradiation dose rate and temperature on α′ precipitation in high purity Fe-18% Cr alloy

Y Zhao, A Bhattacharya, C Pareige, C Massey, P Zhu… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Cr-rich alpha prime precipitates (CrRP) induce hardening and embrittlement of FeCr alloys,
but the kinetics of CrRP formation due to particle irradiation are not well understood. In this …

Radiation-accelerated precipitation in Fe–Cr alloys

F Soisson, T Jourdan - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
The kinetics of phase separation in Fe–Cr alloys under irradiation is modeled by Atomistic
kinetic Monte Carlo simulations that include the formation, migration and elimination of …

Radiation-induced precipitation in a ferritic model alloy: An experimental and theoretical study

E Meslin, B Radiguet, M Loyer-Prost - Acta Materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
The radiation embrittlement of low-alloyed reactor pressure vessel steels is partly due to the
formation of nanometer-sized solute clusters (Mn, Si, Ni, Cu and P). In order to determine if …

Efficient simulation of kinetics of radiation induced defects: A cluster dynamics approach

T Jourdan, G Bencteux, G Adjanor - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2014 - Elsevier
Cluster dynamics has proved to be a useful technique to simulate the microstructure
evolution under irradiation over long time scales, especially when rate equations are solved …

Kinetic of solute clustering in neutron irradiated ferritic model alloys and a French pressure vessel steel investigated by atom probe tomography

E Meslin, B Radiguet, P Pareige, A Barbu - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2010 - Elsevier
The embrittlement of reactor pressure vessel steels under neutron irradiation is partly due to
the formation of solute clusters. To gain more insight into their formation mechanisms, ferritic …

Evolution of small defect clusters in ion-irradiated 3C-SiC: Combined cluster dynamics modeling and experimental study

C Liu, L He, Y Zhai, B Tyburska-Püschel, PM Voyles… - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Distribution of black spot defects and small clusters in 1 MeV krypton irradiated 3C-SiC has
been investigated using advanced scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and …