Bridging microscale to macroscale mechanical property measurements of FeCrAl alloys by crystal plasticity modeling

Gong, Mingyu; Xie, Dongyue; Sun, Tianyi; Zhang, Xinghang; Shao, Lin; Wang, Jian

doi:10.1016/j.ijplas.2023.103608

Bridging microscale to macroscale mechanical property measurements of FeCrAl alloys by crystal plasticity modeling

Journal Article · Wed Apr 05 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · International Journal of Plasticity

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijplas.2023.103608· OSTI ID:2418327

^[1]; Xie, Dongyue ^[2]; ^[3]; Zhang, Xinghang ^[3]; Shao, Lin ^[4]; ^[2]

Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States); Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China); OSTI
Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)

FeCrAl alloys are candidates for accident tolerant fuel cladding of light water reactors. In this work, a microstructure- and temperature-dependent crystal plasticity model is employed to bridge microscale to macroscale mechanical property measurements of FeCrAl alloys. With the visco-plastic self-consistent (VPSC) polycrystal plasticity framework, a mechanism-based single crystal plasticity (MSCP) model adopts the Arrhenius type rate equation to describe the dependence of the critical resolved shear stress for dislocation slips on their temperature-dependent intrinsic frictional resistance and the microstructure-dependent irradiation hardening. The intrinsic frictional resistance associated with {110}<111> and {112}<111> slip systems were measured by in-situ micromechanical testing on unirradiated/irradiated samples at 25-500 °C. The irradiation hardening is estimated by the Bacon-Kocks-Scattergood (BKS) model with density and size of radiation-induced defects measured from microstructural characterization. Several features associated with thermo-mechanical behavior of unirradiated/irradiated polycrystalline FeCrAl alloys are captured. High density of deformation-induced dislocations and radiation-induced defects results in obvious hardening at room temperature, which is weakened at high temperature, and facilitates damage evolution during deformation. Moreover, both high temperature and radiation-induced defects, which facilitate dislocation multiplication, trigger large hardening rate. Finally, the proposed method together with application of accelerator-based ion irradiation technique is a surrogate approach to simulate neutron damage, improving the efficiency associated with evaluation of mechanical properties of FeCrAl alloys exposed to temperature, stress and radiation conditions.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP)

Grant/Contract Number:: NE0008787

OSTI ID:: 2418327

Journal Information:: International Journal of Plasticity, Journal Name: International Journal of Plasticity Vol. 165; ISSN 0749-6419

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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