Behavior and failure of uniformly hydrided Zircaloy-4 fuel claddings between 25 °C and 480 °C under various stress states, including RIA loading conditions

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 683-700

  Le Saux, M ^a,b   Besson, J ^b   Carassou, S ^a   Poussard, C ^a   Averty, X ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Ductile fracture; Hydrogen; Plasticity; RIA loading conditions; Zircaloy 4

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECT; DAMAGE NUCLEATION; DIFFERENT SCALE; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; FAILURE MECHANISM; FLOW STRESS; FRACTOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; FUEL CLADDING; HYDRIDE CRACKING; HYDROGEN CONTENTS; LOADING CONDITION; LOADING DIRECTION; MACROSCOPIC FRACTURES; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; MECHANICAL LOADING; PLANE STRAINS; PLASTIC ANISOTROPY; PLASTIC BEHAVIOR; PLASTIC STRAIN; REACTIVITY INITIATED ACCIDENT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRESS STATE; STRESS TRIAXIALITY; ZIRCALOY-4; ZIRCALOY-4 CLADDING TUBES;

ANISOTROPY; DUCTILITY; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN; PELLETIZING; PLASTICITY; PLASTICS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

DUCTILE FRACTURE;

EID: 76049111754     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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