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Investigation of Grain-Scale Stresses and Modeling of Tensile Deformation in a ZIRCALOY-4 Weldment

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Tensile tests and neutron diffraction measurements of the residual elastic strain response to applied uniaxial stress have been made on samples taken from a ZIRCALOY-4 (Zr-4) weld in the as-welded condition. The samples were taken from the parent plate, and the weld metal and time-of-flight neutron diffraction measurements were made parallel and perpendicular to the applied stress direction, which corresponds to the weld direction and the transverse direction in the plane of the plate. Measurements were made on all crystallographic reflections permitted by the texture, and this allowed strains to be measured over the entire of the stereographic projection. The strains can be understood qualitatively in terms of what is already known for other zirconium alloys and with the aid of the elasto-plastic self-consistent model.

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  1. ZIRCALOY is a trademark of Westinghouse Electric Company, Pittsburgh, PA.

  2. INSTRON is a trademark of Instron, 825 University Ave, Norwood, MA 02062-2643, U.S.A.

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We acknowledge the experimental assistance of P. Stathers and T. Sisneros. LANSCE is a national user facility funded by the United States Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. W-7405-ENG-36, with the University of California. This research was jointly funded through the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization Project Nos. 0045 m and 0154 m.

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  1. Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Menai, NSW, 2234, Australia

    D.G. Carr (Materials Engineer) & M.I. Ripley (Senior Research Scientist)

  2. Northern Stress Technologies, Deep River, ON, Canada, K0J 1P0

    T.M. Holden

  3. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA

    D. Brown (Instrument Scientist) & S.C. Vogel (Instrument Scientist)

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Carr, D., Holden, T., Ripley, M. et al. Investigation of Grain-Scale Stresses and Modeling of Tensile Deformation in a ZIRCALOY-4 Weldment. Metall Mater Trans A 38, 2410–2418 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-007-9270-y

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