An evaluation of hydrided Zircaloy-4 cladding fracture behavior by X-specimen test

Overall elastoplastic behavior of anisot

Overall elastoplastic behavior of anisotropic metal-matrix composites reinforced by aligned inclusions. Application to hydrided and irradiated Zircaloy-4 cladding tubes

✍ P.-G. Vincent; S. Bourgeois; Y. Monerie 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 931 KB

The present work aims at determining a micromechanical model for the elastoplastic behavior of anisotropic metal-matrix composites reinforced by aligned inclusions. The microstructure of the studied material -hydrided and irradiated Zircaloy-4 cladding tubes -is supposed to be made of an anisotropic