Experimental research progress of grid to rod fretting in pressurized water reactors

Y Jiao, Z Li, Z Pu, M Zheng, Q Ren, Z Cai, Y Wu… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fuel rods are the most important safety barrier in pressurized water reactors (PWR) and
operates at high temperature, high pressure, high speed, and strong irradiation water …

[HTML][HTML] Towards strength-ductility synergy of titanium matrix composites through configuration design: mesoscale deformation and damage behaviors

X Chen, L Huang, J Song, S Zhou, S Wang… - Composites Part B …, 2024 - Elsevier
A novel multiscale configuration of two-scale network architectures and intragranular
dispersoids was successfully constructed in the (TiBw+ (TiZr) 5 Si 3)/Ti55 composites via …

Anisotropic effects of radiation-induced hardening in nuclear structural materials: A review

H Yang - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Radiation-induced hardening (RIH) is an important indicator for understanding the radiation-
induced embrittlement and for new materials' selection for the core components in various …

A non-local crystal plasticity constitutive model for hexagonal close-packed polycrystals

O Sedaghat, H Abdolvand - International Journal of Plasticity, 2021 - Elsevier
A strain gradient crystal plasticity finite element model is developed to study the evolution of
internal and localized elastic strains in hexagonal close-packed polycrystals. The results of …

Orientation-dependent irradiation hardening in pure Zr studied by nanoindentation, electron microscopies, and crystal plasticity finite element modeling

Q Wang, C Cochrane, T Skippon, Z Wang… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Orientation-dependent irradiation hardening phenomena in pure Zr have been studied, and
the corresponding mechanisms investigated based on the combined use of SEM, TEM, and …

Ion-irradiation induced hardening behavior of zirconium alloys: a combination of experimental and theoretical study

L **, LK Béland, Z Yao… - Scripta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Experiments and molecular dynamics were combined to determine a formation mechanism
for basal vacancy loops in zirconium. In scanning/transmission electron microscopy images …