Report on Aging and Irradiation Theoretical Model Development for Alloy 690 in Grizzly
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States); Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
- Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
This report describes the current efforts to implement a model to predict the engineering scale behavior of irradiated and aged Ni2Cr model alloy and Alloy 690 into the Grizzly software. Grizzly is a multiphysics simulation code under development at Idaho National Laboratory to simulate aging mechanisms and their effects on the integrity of critical LWR components. Engineering scale behavior of materials are strongly impacted by the underlying microstructure: the distribution and interaction of dislocations and defects within the individual grains dictates how the material will respond to loading. The evolution of these dislocations and defects determines how the engineering scale material will perform under different loading and environmental conditions. Mesoscale models can function as a bridge to connect microstructure evolution models to engineering models of the ductile-brittle transition temperature (DBTT) curve and fracture. The toughness of a material, which governs the engineering scale fracture behavior, is a function of both elastic deformation and plastic deformation. While the yield stress measurements capture the elastic contribution to a material’s toughness, information about the dislocation movement is required to understand the plastic component of toughness. Crystal plasticity models predict dislocation density evolution and thereby connect microstructure evolution to engineering scale behavior predictions. These models calculate the plastic strain within a metal as a function of dislocations and other crystal defects, including precipitates and interstitial loops, among others, by tracking dislocation movement and the interaction of these dislocations with the crystal defects. Within NiCr alloys, long-range ordered (LRO) precipitates form under aging conditions. These precipitates act as barriers to dislocation motion and are either sheared by dislocations or pin dislocations. Additional defects, such as stacking fault tetrahedra (SFTs) from irradiation damage, also impede dislocation motion in these alloys. A crystal plasticity mode for Ni2Cr model alloy and Alloy 690 is being currently implemented in the Grizzly code at INL. This report includes a description of the theoretical models incorporated into the Grizzly crystal plasticity code. These theoretical models include mechanisms for dislocation glade and twinning as well as dislocation-defect interaction relationship for both LRO precipitates and SFTs. We have selected these dislocation models based on the deformation mechanisms observed in experimental micropillar compression tests conducted on the Ni2Cr model alloy. The models are then extended to Alloy 690 with ongoing parameter fitting.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-05ID14517
- OSTI ID:
- 1478527
- Report Number(s):
- INL/EXT-18-44932-Rev000; TRN: US1902647
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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