Applying a new push-to-pull micro-tensile testing technique to evaluate the mechanical properties of high dose Inconel X-750

C Howard, CD Judge, P Hosemann - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2019 - Elsevier
The results from a novel, micro-tensile testing technique, employing a micro-electro-
mechanical system, operated in a push-to-pull configuration, to study the effects of radiation …

Coupling multi-scale mechanical testing techniques reveals the existence of a trans-granular channel fracture deformation mechanism in high dose Inconel X-750

C Howard, V Bhakhri, C Dixon, H Rajakumar… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent testing has shown that Inconel® X-750 materials have lost strength and ductility
following irradiation, which may raise concerns over the structural integrity of the material …

A novel in-situ, lift-out, three-point bend technique to quantify the mechanical properties of an ex-service neutron irradiated inconel X-750 component

C Howard, CD Judge, D Poff, S Parker… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Elsevier
A first of its kind small scale mechanical testing technique involving micro-three-point
bending was invented, developed, and implemented on reactor irradiated, active Inconel X …

Diagnostic Technique Characterizing Neutron Irradiation Effects on Additively Manufactured Inconel 625 Eliminating the Need for Remote Handling

V O'Donnell, T Keya, A Romans, G Harvill… - Nuclear …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Experimentally characterizing radioactive materials can be time consuming and expensive.
This is mainly due to the size requirements of inspected specimens. Due to the growing …

Deformation and fracture characteristics for irradiated Inconel X-750

WJ Mills, B Mastel - Nuclear technology, 1986 - Taylor & Francis
Fast neutron irradiation to total fluences ranging from 7.7× 1021 to 5.7× 1022 n/cm2 (3 to 16
dpa) resulted in a 65% increase in yield strength and a fourfold reduction in ductility …

Postirradiation fracture toughness of Inconel X-750

WJ Mills - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 1983 - Elsevier
The effect of fast-neutron irradiation on the fracture toughness response of Inconel X-750
was characterized at 427° C using the JR curve technique. Irradiation exposures ranging …

Mechanical behavior of recrystallized and precipitation-hardened Inconel X-750 before and after helium-implantation and proton irradiation

P Changizian, Z Yao, S Xu, MR Daymond… - Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
An accelerated irradiation method using ion irradiation of recrystallized and precipitation-
hardened Inconel X-750 has been used to study the effect on mechanical properties and …

Small-scale mechanical testing on nuclear materials: bridging the experimental length-scale gap

P Hosemann - Scripta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Small-scale mechanical testing on irradiated materials is gaining popularity in the nuclear
materials community due to the fact that mechanical property changes can be evaluated …

Demonstration of an integrated-heating load frame for quantitatively assessing microscale tensile properties of copper and Zircaloy-2

H Mirmohammad, A Regmi, J Chang… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
Small-scale mechanical testing (SSMT) is of great interest in the nuclear materials
community as it permits the use of surrogate irradiation techniques, such as ion beam …

Small scale mechanical testing of irradiated materials

P Hosemann, C Shin, D Kiener - Journal of Materials Research, 2015 - cambridge.org
Small specimen testing techniques have a long history in nuclear material research due to
the limitations posed by nuclear facilities. The limited space in reactors and the fact that the …