Progress in corrosion resistant materials for supercritical water reactors

C Sun, R Hui, W Qu, S Yick - Corrosion Science, 2009 - Elsevier
Supercritical water reactors (SCWRs) are a kind of high-temperature, high-pressure water-
cooled reactors that operate above the thermodynamic critical point of water (374° C, 22.1 …

Mechanistic materials modeling for nuclear fuel performance

MR Tonks, D Andersson, SR Phillpot, Y Zhang… - Annals of nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fuel performance codes are critical tools for the design, certification, and safety analysis of
nuclear reactors. However, their ability to predict fuel behavior under abnormal conditions is …

Effects of Laves phase particles on recovery and recrystallization behaviors of Nb-containing FeCrAl alloys

Z Sun, PD Edmondson, Y Yamamoto - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
The microstructures and mechanical properties of deformed and annealed Nb-containing
FeCrAl alloys were investigated. Fine dispersion of Fe 2 Nb-type Laves phase particles was …

A study of microstructure-driven strain localizations in two-phase polycrystalline HCP/BCC composites using a multi-scale model

M Ardeljan, M Knezevic, T Nizolek, IJ Beyerlein… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this work, we present a 3D microstructure-based, full-field crystal plasticity finite element
(CPFE) model using a thermally activated dislocation-density based constitutive description …

A dislocation density based crystal plasticity finite element model: Application to a two-phase polycrystalline HCP/BCC composites

M Ardeljan, IJ Beyerlein, M Knezevic - … of the Mechanics and Physics of …, 2014 - Elsevier
We present a multiscale model for anisotropic, elasto-plastic, rate-and temperature-sensitive
deformation of polycrystalline aggregates to large plastic strains. The model accounts for a …

Microstructural control of FeCrAl alloys using Mo and Nb additions

Z Sun, H Bei, Y Yamamoto - Materials Characterization, 2017 - Elsevier
The effects of Mo and Nb additions on the microstructure and mechanical properties of two
FeCrAl alloys were studied. Fine and uniform recrystallized grain structures (~ 20–30 μm) …

High-temperature oxidation and hydrothermal corrosion of textured Cr2AlC-based coatings on zirconium alloy fuel cladding

C Tang, M Große, S Ulrich, M Klimenkov… - Surface and Coatings …, 2021 - Elsevier
Alumina-forming MAX phase coatings reveal great potential for accident tolerant fuel (ATF)
cladding applications due to their favorable physical and mechanical properties and …

Engineering the hydrogen storage properties of the perovskite hydride ZrNiH3 by uniaxial/biaxial strain

M Rkhis, S Laasri, S Touhtouh, EK Hlil… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present work, the bonding length, electronic structure, stability, and dehydrogenation
properties of the Perovskite-type ZrNiH 3 hydride, under different uniaxial/biaxial strains are …

Incorporation of twinning into a crystal plasticity finite element model: Evolution of lattice strains and texture in Zircaloy-2

H Abdolvand, MR Daymond, C Mareau - International Journal of Plasticity, 2011 - Elsevier
A crystal plasticity finite element code is developed to model lattice strains and texture
evolution of HCP crystals. The code is implemented to model elastic and plastic deformation …

Polycrystalline simulations of in-reactor deformation of recrystallized Zircaloy-4 tubes: Fast Fourier Transform computations and mean-field self-consistent model

F Onimus, L Gelebart, R Brenner - International Journal of Plasticity, 2022 - Elsevier
Fuel cladding and structural components made of zirconium alloys, used in light and heavy
water nuclear reactors, exhibit, during normal operation, significant in-reactor deformation …