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ASTM cylindrical tension test specimen. Types of tensile fractures. Engineering Stress-strain curve. Determination of Yield strength by off-set method. Typical stress-strain curves. Yield Point Behaviour in Low-Carbon Steel;. Typical Creep-curve.
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Determination of Yield strength by off-set method
Andrade’s analysis of the competing processes Which determine the creep curve
Effect of stress on creep curves at constant temperature
Fatigue test curve for materials having an endurance limit
Methods of Plotting Fatigue data when the mean Stress is not zero
Alternative method of plotting the Goodman diagram
Parameters associated with the stress-strain hysteresis loop in LCF testing
Fatigue strain-life curve obtained by superposition of elastic and plastic strain equations (schematic)
Schematic representation of fatigue crack growth Behaviour in a non-aggressive environment
Sketch showing method of loading in Charpy and Izod impact tests
Transition temperature curve for two steels Showing fallacy of depending on room Temperature results
Various criteria of transition temperature obtained from Charpy test
Effect of section thickness on transition temperature curves
Principal Selection Criteria for LMFBR Core Structural Materials
Schematic of fuel subassembly showing the cut out of fuel pins, bulging and bowing.
Variation with dose of the maximum diametral deformation of fuel pins
Comparison of creep rupture strengths of 316 and 316L(N) SS from various countries
Principal Selection Criteria for LMFBR Steam Generator Material
Comparison of 105 h creep rupture strengths of several materials
Creep-rupture strength of eleven types of ferritic heat resistant steels
Materials selected in FBRs for major components # for pool-type reactor, there is no hot leg piping
Comparison of PFBR specification for 304L(N) and 316L(N) SS with ASTM A240 and RCC-MR RM-3331. (single values denote maximum permissible, NS - not specified)
Materials Selected for Steam Generator in Fast Breeder Reactors
Materials selected for Top Shield for various Fast Breeder Reactors
ZIRCONICUM ALLOYS : NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS • Low absorption cross section for thermal neutrons • Excellent corrosion resistance in water • Good mechanical properties • IMPORTANT PROPERTIES OF ZIRCONIUM • Allotropy (a hcp b bcc ) • Anisotropic mechanical and thermal properties • Unequal thermal expansions along different • crystallographic directions • Strong crystallographic texture during • mechanical working • high reactivity with O2, C, N and high • solubility in a -phase • Special care during melting and fabrication • Low solubility of hydrogen in a 862 oC
DESIRABLE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ZIRCONICUM ALLOYS for PRESSURE TUBES
SYNERGISTIC INTERACTIONS LEADING TO DEGRADATION OF MATERIAL PROPERTIES IN ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS • Corrosion by Coolant Water • Corrosion by Fission Products • Hydrogen Ingress • Irradiation Damage • Dimensional Change due to Creep and Growth
Important steps in fabrication flow sheets of Zirconium components for PHWR and BWR
Long term, in reactor, oxidation and hydrogen Pick-up behaviour of zircaloy-2 and Zr-2.5Nb pressure tubes,
Stress reorientation of circumferential zirconium • hydride platelets(left hand side) at 250 MPa stress • level in the direction shown • (b) A hydride blister in the zirconium alloy pressure • tube section
Irradiation creep rate in zircaloy-2 under biaxial loading (150 MPa and 300 oC) and a schematic diagram to show the growth rate of cold-worked and recrystallization (RX) zircaloy 2
Change in room temperature tensile properties of mild steel produced by neutron irradiation
Stress-strain curves for polycrystalline copper tested at 20 oC after irradiation to the does indicated