Evaluation of the thermal creep behaviors and microstructure of Zircaloy-4 strip

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3331-3335

  Kim, Hyun Gil ^a   Choi, Byoung Kwon ^a   Jeong, Yong Hwan ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; POWDERS; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

APPLIED STRESSES; BEFORE AND AFTER; CONSTANT LOADS; CREEP DEFORMATIONS; CREEP MECHANISMS; MICROSTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS EXPONENTS; STRESS RANGES; TEMPERATURE RANGES; THERMAL CREEP; ZIRCALOY;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 54949089182     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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