Atomistically-informed hardening and kinetics models of helium bubble in irradiated tungsten

C Ji, J Hu, Z Zhuang, Y Cui - International Journal of Plasticity, 2023 - Elsevier
In fusion reactor environment, helium bubble acts as a crucial inducement to the
performance degradation of plasma facing tungsten, leading to irradiation hardening and …

Influence of kinetic effect on interaction between edge dislocation and irradiated dislocation loops in BCC Tantalum

Q Bao, Z Li, B Zhu, S Liang, J Zhu, M Huang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, the interaction between an edge dislocation and irradiation< 100> sessile self-
interstitial atom (SIA) type dislocation loops (DLs) is studied by atomistic simulations in BCC …

Uncovering origin of grain boundary resistance to irradiation damage in NiCoCr multi-principal element alloys

F Tan, J Li, B Liu, PK Liaw, Q Fang - International Journal of Plasticity, 2024 - Elsevier
Multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) demonstrate significant promise as structural
materials for nuclear energy equipment owing to their exceptional mechanical properties …

Stress sensitivity origin of extended defects production under coupled irradiation and mechanical loading

M He, Y Yang, F Gao, Y Fan - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The production of extended and mechanically highly consequential defects are investigated
under concurrent driving forces of irradiation and stress. By using two-temperature model to …

Modeling of irradiation growth of Zr single crystals with diffusion anisotropy

J Zhang, S Ding, H Duan - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
To predict the irradiation deformation of hexagonal materials, a cluster dynamics model is
proposed in this study describing the evolutions of point defects and defect clusters with the …

[HTML][HTML] Atomistic analysis of the mechanisms underlying irradiation-hardening in Fe-Ni-Cr alloys

A Ustrzycka, FJ Dominguez-Gutierrez… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This work presents a comprehensive examination of the physical mechanisms driving
hardening in irradiated face-centered cubic FeNiCr alloys. The evolution of irradiation …

A crystal plasticity-based creep model considering the concurrent evolution of point defect, dislocation, grain boundary, and void

Z Liang, C Liu, Y Cui - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2024 - Elsevier
Creep poses a significant threat to the integrity and longevity of structural components at
high-temperature. The most current understanding of creep mainly focuses on the coupled …

Unveiling deformation behavior and damage mechanism of irradiated high entropy alloys

S Wang, Y Chen, J Li, B Liu, R Zhang, PK Liaw… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
The oxide dispersion strengthening (ODS) high entropy alloy (HEA) exhibits the high
elevated temperature performance and radiation resistance due to severe atomic lattice …

Strength of bulk aluminum-boron alloys containing helium produced by 10B (n, α) 7Li reaction in nuclear reactor

K Chen, Q Huang, Z Zhang, P Song, Y Shen, Y Yu… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
The study of metals and alloys containing helium has garnered significant attention within
the nuclear energy community. However, there is limited research on the mechanical …

Computational homogenization of a physically-based crystal plasticity law for irradiated bainitic steels

L Chaix, M Gărăjeu, MI Idiart, G Monnet… - Computational Materials …, 2025 - Elsevier
The elasto-viscoplastic response of irradiated bainitic steels for pressure vessels of light
water reactors is described by a multiscale micromechanical model. The model relies on a …