A dual-phase microstructural approach to damage and fracture of Ti3SiC2/SiC joints

Nguyen, Ba Nghiep; Henager, Charles H.; Kurtz, Richard J.

doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.11.054

Title: A dual-phase microstructural approach to damage and fracture of Ti₃SiC₂/SiC joints

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We investigate the microcracking mechanisms responsible for Ti₃SiC₂/SiC joint damage observed at the macroscopic scale after neutron irradiation experiments in detail. A dual-phase microstructural approach to damage and fracture of Ti₃SiC₂/SiC joints is developed that uses a finely discretized two-phase domain based on a digital image of an actual microstructure involving embedded Ti₃SiC₂ and SiC phases. The behaviors of SiC and Ti₃SiC₂ in the domain are described by the continuum damage mechanics (CDM) model reported in Nguyen et al., J. Nucl. Mater., 2017, 495:504–515. This CDM model describes microcracking damage in brittle ceramics caused by thermomechanical loading and irradiation-induced swelling. The dual-phase microstructural model is applied to predict the microcracking mechanisms occurring in a typical Ti₃SiC₂/SiC joint subjected to heating to 800 °C followed by irradiation-induced swelling at this temperature and cooling to room temperature after the applied swelling has reached the maximum swelling levels observed in the experiments for SiC and Ti₃SiC₂. The model predicts minor damage of the joint after heating but significant microcracking in the SiC phase and along the boundaries between SiC and Ti₃SiC₂ as well as along the bonding joint during irradiation-induced swelling and cooling to room temperature. Our predictions qualitatively agree with the limitedmore »« less

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Nguyen, Ba Nghiep ^[1]; Henager, Charles H. ^[1]; Kurtz, Richard J. ^[1]

Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Publication Date:: Tue Dec 05 00:00:00 EST 2017

Research Org.:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1411874

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1548931

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-128595
Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3115; PII: S0022311517312564; TRN: US1800278

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Nuclear Materials

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 499; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3115

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; SiC; Fusion materials; Joining; Swelling; Neutron irradiation; Thermal expansion; Damage modeling; Finite element

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                    Nguyen, Ba Nghiep, Henager, Charles H., and Kurtz, Richard J. A dual-phase microstructural approach to damage and fracture of Ti3SiC2/SiC joints.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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"A dual-phase microstructural approach to damage and fracture of Ti3SiC2/SiC joints".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.11.054.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1411874.

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  abstractNote = {We investigate the microcracking mechanisms responsible for Ti3SiC2/SiC joint damage observed at the macroscopic scale after neutron irradiation experiments in detail. A dual-phase microstructural approach to damage and fracture of Ti3SiC2/SiC joints is developed that uses a finely discretized two-phase domain based on a digital image of an actual microstructure involving embedded Ti3SiC2 and SiC phases. The behaviors of SiC and Ti3SiC2 in the domain are described by the continuum damage mechanics (CDM) model reported in Nguyen et al., J. Nucl. Mater., 2017, 495:504–515. This CDM model describes microcracking damage in brittle ceramics caused by thermomechanical loading and irradiation-induced swelling. The dual-phase microstructural model is applied to predict the microcracking mechanisms occurring in a typical Ti3SiC2/SiC joint subjected to heating to 800 °C followed by irradiation-induced swelling at this temperature and cooling to room temperature after the applied swelling has reached the maximum swelling levels observed in the experiments for SiC and Ti3SiC2. The model predicts minor damage of the joint after heating but significant microcracking in the SiC phase and along the boundaries between SiC and Ti3SiC2 as well as along the bonding joint during irradiation-induced swelling and cooling to room temperature. Our predictions qualitatively agree with the limited experimental observations of joint damage at this irradiation temperature.},

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  journal      = {Journal of Nuclear Materials},

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