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 …

Superconducting zirconium polyhydrides at moderate pressures

H Xie, W Zhang, D Duan, X Huang… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Highly compressed hydrides have been at the forefront of the search for high-T c
superconductivity. The recent discovery of record-high T c's in H3S and LaH10±x under high …

Deformation mechanism of embedded hydride within the polycrystalline zirconium matrix

H Ghaffarian, D Jang - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
It is widely accepted that the characteristics of hydrides in the Zr-based nuclear fuel cladding
are critical factors determining the integrity of the spent fuel. Therefore, to mitigate any harm …

Effect of radial hydride fraction on fracture toughness of CWSR Zr-2.5% Nb pressure tube material between ambient and 300° C temperatures

RK Sharma, AK Bind, G Avinash, RN Singh… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pressure tube spools fabricated from Zr-2.5% Nb alloy, were subjected to gaseous hydrogen
charging and stress reorientation treatment to form radial hydrides in a specially designed …

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 …

Expansion deformation behavior of zirconium alloy claddings with different hydrogen concentrations

Y Zhang, H Qi, X Song - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, the expansion deformation behavior of zirconium alloy claddings with different
hydrogen concentrations was evaluated by the advanced expansion due to compression (A …

Phase diagram and superconductivity of compressed zirconium hydrides

XF Li, ZY Hu, B Huang - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
It is known that pressure can be applied to fundamentally alter the bonding patterns between
the chemical elements. By employing an unbiased structure search method based on a …

A novel method for radial hydride analysis in zirconium alloys: HAPPy

M Maric, R Thomas, J Nunez-Iglesias… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Whilst substantial progress has been made in understanding the influence that hydrides
have on the mechanical properties of zirconium alloys, there is currently an urgent need for …

In-situ investigation of the fatigue crack initiation and propagation behavior of Zircaloy-4 with different hydrogen contents at RT and 300° C

Y Zhang, L You, X Li, J Zhou, X Song - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, the effects of hydrogen content and temperature on the fatigue crack initiation
and propagation behavior of Zircaloy-4 are investigated by in-situ scanning electron …