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Application of Deformation Maps to the Study of In‐Reactor Behavior of Oxide Fuels
Author(s) -
ROBERTS J. T. A.,
VOGLEWEDE J. C.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1973.tb12526.x
Subject(s) - deformation (meteorology) , oxide , microstructure , materials science , nuclear fuel , nuclear engineering , composite material , thermodynamics , chemical engineering , metallurgy , physics , engineering
Deformation maps that describe the mechanical behavior of oxide nuclear fuels in and out of reactor were constructed from experimental data using the approach of Ashby. By incorporating the effects of changes in composition and microstructure into the rate equations a map was constructed to describe the in‐reactor mechanical behavior of a fully restructured mixed (U,Pu) oxide fuel. The implications of this map are discussed in relation to the modeling of fuel behavior.