Failure of hydrided zircaloy-4 under equal-biaxial and plane-strain tensile deformation

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1467, 2005, Pages 833-850

  Glendening, A ^a   Koss, D A ^a   Matta, A T ^b   Pierron, O N ^a   Daum, R S ^c   Billone, M ^c   Adamson, R ^d   Holt, R ^e   Yagnik, S ^f   Coleman, C ^g   Rashid, J ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Zircology Plus ^*  (United States)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biaxial deformation; Hydride blisters; Hydride rim; Mechanical testing; Reactivity initiated accident; Zircaloy 4

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; HYDRIDES; IRRADIATION; STRAIN; THERMAL EFFECTS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

BIAXIAL DEFORMATION; HYDRIDE BLISTERS; HYDRIDE RIMS; REACTIVITY INITIATED ACCIDENT; ZIRCALOY-4;

ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 33744926690     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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