[HTML][HTML] Image-driven discriminative and generative machine learning algorithms for establishing microstructure–processing relationships

W Ma, EJ Kautz, A Baskaran, A Chowdhury… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the methods of microstructure representation for the purpose of predicting
processing condition from microstructure image data. A binary alloy (uranium–molybdenum) …

Grain boundary engineering to control the discontinuous precipitation in multicomponent U10Mo alloy

A Devaraj, L Kovarik, E Kautz, B Arey, S Jana… - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
We demonstrate here that locally stabilized structure and compositional segregation at grain
boundaries in a complex multicomponent alloy can be modified using high temperature …

Microstructure and microchemistry changes at U-10Mo fuel/AA6061 cladding interfaces with varying hot isostatic pressing conditions

A Koziol, K Yano, A Schemer-Kohrn, A Soulami… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Monolithic uranium-10 wt.% molybdenum (U-10Mo) is a promising high-assay low-
enriched uranium fuel system for nuclear reactors used in research, medical isotope …

An image-driven machine learning approach to kinetic modeling of a discontinuous precipitation reaction

E Kautz, W Ma, S Jana, A Devaraj, V Joshi… - Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microstructure quantification is an essential component of materials science studies, yet,
there are no widely applicable, standard methodologies, for image data representation in …

Phase transformation kinetics in rolled U-10áwt.% Mo foil: Effect of post-rolling heat treatment and prior γ-UMo grain size

S Jana, N Overman, T Varga, C Lavender… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
The effect of sub-eutectoid heat treatment on the phase transformation behavior in rolled U-
10áwt.% Mo (U10Mo) foils was systematically investigated. The as-cast 5ámm thick foils …

A machine learning approach to thermal conductivity modeling: A case study on irradiated uranium-molybdenum nuclear fuels

EJ Kautz, AR Hagen, JM Johns, DE Burkes - Computational Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
A deep neural network was developed for the purpose of predicting thermal conductivity with
a case study performed on neutron irradiated nuclear fuel. Traditional thermal conductivity …

Phase transformation of metastable discontinuous precipitation products to equilibrium phases in U10Mo alloys

A Devaraj, E Kautz, L Kovarik, S Jana, N Overman… - Scripta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
The discontinuous precipitation (DP) mechanism is prevalent in over 80 alloy systems. We
report a new type of DP occurring along prior γ-UMo grain boundaries of an alloy of uranium …

Minimizing thickness variation in monolithic U-10Mo fuel foil and Zr interlayer during hot rolling: A microstructure-based finite element method analysis

L Li, A Fortier, D Ramirez-Tamayo, VV Joshi… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Low-enriched uranium alloyed with 10 wt.% molybdenum (U-10Mo) has been identified as a
promising alternative to highly enriched uranium fuel for the United States' high performance …

The effect of homogenization heat treatment on the texture evolution in U-10Mo alloy

BJ Schuessler, DP Field, NR Overman… - … Materials Transactions A, 2021 - Springer
Uranium alloyed with 10 wt pct Mo (U-10Mo) undergoes discontinuous precipitation (DP)
when subjected to sub-eutectoid heat treatment. It is hypothesized that the crystallographic …

Preparation of γ-uranium-molybdenum alloys by electrochemical reduction of solid oxides in LiCl molten salt

YK Zhong, K Liu, YL Liu, YX Lu, TQ Yin… - Journal of The …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Uranium-molybdenum (U-Mo) alloys especially the γ-U-Mo phase, with excellent
irradiation performance at high temperatures, have been extensively studied as low …