[HTML][HTML] Micro-mechanisms of the ductile-to-brittle transition in hydrogenated zirconium alloys: A review and a comparison analysis of experimental data and …

M Kolesnik - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2024 - Elsevier
The primary objective of this article is to gather comprehensive experimental and theoretical
data on the fracture process of hydrogenated zirconium alloys at micro-and nano-levels and …

Effect of radial hydrides on fracture behavior of Zr-2.5 Nb pressure tube material

AK Bind, G Avinash, S Sunil, RK Sharma… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
The fracture behavior of Zr-2.5 Nb pressure tube (PT) material containing radial hydrides
with hydrogen concentrations between 30 and 300wppm was evaluated between 25 and …

Effect of radial hydride on room temperature fracture toughness of Zr-2.5 Nb pressure tube material

A Gopalan, AK Bind, S Sunil, TN Murty… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
The effect of radial hydride on the room temperature fracture toughness of the Zr-2.5 Nb
pressure tube material with 100% radial hydrides and hydrogen content up to 320wppm was …

Influence of hydride orientation on fracture toughness of CWSR Zr-2.5% Nb pressure tube material between RT and 300 C

RK Sharma, S Sunil, BK Kumawat, RN Singh… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
An experimental setup was designed, fabricated and used to form radial hydrides in Zr-2.5%
Nb alloy pressure tube spool. The design of setup was based on ensuring a hoop stress in …

Anisotropy and variability in thermal creep behaviour of Zr-2.5 Nb pressure tube

V Patel, A Gopalan, HK Khandelwal, N Keskar… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Zr-2.5 Nb alloy pressure tubes of Indian Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors
were manufactured from double melted ingots initially and subsequently from quadruple …

Effect of deuterium content on fracture toughness of Zr-2.5 Nb pressure tube material in the temperature range of ambient to 300° C

AK Bind, RN Singh, S Sunil, J Chattopadhyay - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
Axial fracture toughness of cold worked and stress relieved Zr-2.5 Nb pressure tube material
containing deuterium between 5 and 200wppm was determined as per ASTM E− 1820-15 …

Influence of loading rate and hydrogen content on fracture toughness of Zr-2.5 Nb pressure tube material

AK Bind, RN Singh, HK Khandelwal, S Sunil… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2015 - Elsevier
For the safety assessment of PHWR, it is required to study the flaw tolerance capacity of the
pressure tubes as a function of the loading rate. In this work, the effect of loading rate and …

Tensile properties and fracture toughness of Zr–2.5 Nb alloy pressure tubes of IPHWR220

HK Khandelwal, RN Singh, AK Bind, S Sunil… - … Engineering and Design, 2015 - Elsevier
The pressure tubes of Indian Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (IPHWR) of 220 MWe are
made of Zr–2.5 Nb alloy manufactured either from Double Melted (DM) or from Quadruple …

Effect of hydrogen isotopes on tensile and fracture properties of Zr–2.5 Nb pressure tube material

AK Bind, RN Singh - International Journal of Fracture, 2021 - Springer
The majority of data reported in open literature on hydride embrittlement of Zr alloys is based
on hydrogen not deuterium which evolves during aqueous corrosion of in-core components …

Miniature impact test technique to evaluate the orientation dependence of impact toughness of hydrided Zr–2.5% Nb alloy

A Chatterjee, K Kumar, A Gopalan, YP Devi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Miniature Impact test technique was used to investigate the plausible role of hydride platelet
orientation relative to the crack plane on the fracture mechanism of the Zr–2.5% Nb alloy …