Modeling of Zircaloy cladding primary creep during load drop and reversal
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Modeling fuel behavior requires an accurate description of the cladding stress response for both operational and safety considerations. The transient creep response of Zirconium alloys is commonly modeled using a strain hardening rule which is known to hold in cases with monotonously increasing stresses. However, the strain hardening rule is experimentally known to fail in scenarios such as load drop or
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Modelling of Zircaloy cladding primary creep during load drop and reversal
Modelling fuel behaviour requires an accurate description of the cladding stress response for both operational and safety considerations. The transient creep response of Zirconium alloys is commonly modelled using a strain hardening rule which is known to hold in cases with monotonously increasing stresses. However, the strain hardening rule is experimentally known to fail in scenarios such as ...
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