Mechanical properties of highly irradiated 20 percent cold-worked Type 316 stainless steel (open access)

Mechanical properties of highly irradiated 20 percent cold-worked Type 316 stainless steel

Recent experiments have extended the mechanical properties data base of 20 percent cold worked 316 stainless steel to a fluence of 1.3 x 10/sup 23/ n/cm/sup 2/ (E > 0.1 MeV), the goal exposure of the Fast Flux Test Facility. Both uniaxial and biaxial tests were conducted on speciments of developmental cladding which were irradiated in the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II at temperatures ranging from 370/sup 0/C to 650/sup 0/C. Uniaxial tensile tests were conducted at strain rates ranging from 10/sup -5//s to 10/sup -//sub 3//s. Controlled Biaxial Strain Rate (CBSR) tests, recently developed at the Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory, were conducted only at a strain rate of 10/sup -5//s. CBSR specimens are gas-loaded to produce a constant diametral strain rate. These tests are otherwise analogous to uniaxial tensile tests. The tensile strength and ductility of the cladding were generally in good agreement with the predicted values.
Date: April 5, 1982
Creator: Hamilton, M. L.; Cannon, N. S. & Johnson, G. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library