Mechanical response of oxidized Zircaloy-4 cladding material submitted to a ring compression test

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 384, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-95

  Busser, Vincent ^a   Baietto Dubourg, Marie Christine ^b   Desquines, Jean ^a   Duriez, Christian ^a   Mardon, Jean Paul ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); COMPRESSION TESTING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRAIN; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

APPLIED STRAINS; AXIAL LENGTHS; CLADDING MATERIALS; DAMAGE EVOLUTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT CALCULATIONS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; OXIDE LAYERS; PLANE STRAIN CONDITIONS; RING COMPRESSIONS; TEST ANALYSIS; ZIRCALOY-4;

TESTING;

EID: 58949088461     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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