Deformation and fracture in irradiated austenitic stainless steels

1992 ◽  
Vol 191-194 ◽  
pp. 50-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.R. Odette ◽  
G.E. Lucas
2009 ◽  
Vol 79-82 ◽  
pp. 1951-1954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Qun Ma ◽  
Qi Qiang Duan ◽  
Xiao Wu Li

Tensile and compressive deformation and damage behaviors of Al6XN super-austenitic stainless steels were examined at different strain rates. The deformation and fracture surfaces were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). It was found that the uniaxial deformation (tensile or compressive) behaviors of Al6XN stainless steel shows a low strain rate sensitivity over the range of 10-4s-1 - 10-2s-1. The tensile and compressive yield strengths measured are nearly comparable. The steel shows a good tensile plasticity. Dislocation slip deformation is the main characteristic of uniaxial deformation. All fracture surfaces induced by tensile deformation at different strain rates can be divided into two parts, i.e., fibrous zone and shear lip zone. The fibrous zone consists of dimples with a bimodal size.


2010 ◽  
Vol 654-656 ◽  
pp. 2519-2522
Author(s):  
Keitaro Horikawa ◽  
Hidetoshi Kobayashi ◽  
Motohiro Kanno

Hydrogen embrittlement sensitivity of austenitic stainless steels, SUS316L and SUS310S exposed to high compressed hydrogen gas atmospheres was evaluated by means of a slow strain rate testing (SSRT) in air. Hydrogen evolution behavior during tensile deformation and fracture was also investigated by using a testing machine equipped with a quadrupole mass spectrometer installed in an ultrahigh vacuum chamber. When the SUS 316L specimen with hydrogen gas charging were deformed at a very slow crosshead speed of 1.67 nm/s, local deformation was promoted as compared to the specimen without hydrogen gas charging. On the other hand, no decrease of the ductility was observed in the SUS310S specimen with hydrogen gas charging even in the SSRT. In the hydrogen charged SUS316L specimen, the amount of continuous hydrogen evolution throughout deformation was much higher than that in the specimen without hydrogen gas charging. In addition, sudden hydrogen evolutions were sometimes identified in the SUS316L specimen with hydrogen gas charging during the deformation.


Author(s):  
J. J. Laidler ◽  
B. Mastel

One of the major materials problems encountered in the development of fast breeder reactors for commercial power generation is the phenomenon of swelling in core structural components and fuel cladding. This volume expansion, which is due to the retention of lattice vacancies by agglomeration into large polyhedral clusters (voids), may amount to ten percent or greater at goal fluences in some austenitic stainless steels. From a design standpoint, this is an undesirable situation, and it is necessary to obtain experimental confirmation that such excessive volume expansion will not occur in materials selected for core applications in the Fast Flux Test Facility, the prototypic LMFBR now under construction at the Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory (HEDL). The HEDL JEM-1000 1 MeV electron microscope is being used to provide an insight into trends of radiation damage accumulation in stainless steels, since it is possible to produce atom displacements at an accelerated rate with 1 MeV electrons, while the specimen is under continuous observation.


Author(s):  
A.H. Advani ◽  
L.E. Murr ◽  
D. Matlock

Thermomechanically induced strain is a key variable producing accelerated carbide precipitation, sensitization and stress corrosion cracking in austenitic stainless steels (SS). Recent work has indicated that higher levels of strain (above 20%) also produce transgranular (TG) carbide precipitation and corrosion simultaneous with the grain boundary phenomenon in 316 SS. Transgranular precipitates were noted to form primarily on deformation twin-fault planes and their intersections in 316 SS.Briant has indicated that TG precipitation in 316 SS is significantly different from 304 SS due to the formation of strain-induced martensite on 304 SS, though an understanding of the role of martensite on the process has not been developed. This study is concerned with evaluating the effects of strain and strain-induced martensite on TG carbide precipitation in 304 SS. The study was performed on samples of a 0.051%C-304 SS deformed to 33% followed by heat treatment at 670°C for 1 h.


2015 ◽  
Vol 57 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 597-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peeraya Pipatnukun ◽  
Panyawat Wangyao ◽  
Gobboon Lothongkum

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