Use of multiscale zirconium alloy deformation models in nuclear fuel behavior analysis

Montgomery, Robert; Tomé, Carlos; Liu, Wenfeng; Alankar, Alankar; Subramanian, Gopinath; Stanek, Christopher

doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2016.09.051

Title: Use of multiscale zirconium alloy deformation models in nuclear fuel behavior analysis

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; Tomé, Carlos; Liu, Wenfeng; Alankar, Alankar;

; Stanek, Christopher

Publication Date:: Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2017

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1397752

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Computational Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Journal of Computational Physics Journal Volume: 328 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9991

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Montgomery, Robert, Tomé, Carlos, Liu, Wenfeng, Alankar, Alankar, Subramanian, Gopinath, and Stanek, Christopher. Use of multiscale zirconium alloy deformation models in nuclear fuel behavior analysis.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Montgomery, Robert, Tomé, Carlos, Liu, Wenfeng, Alankar, Alankar, Subramanian, Gopinath, & Stanek, Christopher. Use of multiscale zirconium alloy deformation models in nuclear fuel behavior analysis.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2016.09.051

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                    Montgomery, Robert, Tomé, Carlos, Liu, Wenfeng, Alankar, Alankar, Subramanian, Gopinath, and Stanek, Christopher. Sun .  
"Use of multiscale zirconium alloy deformation models in nuclear fuel behavior analysis".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2016.09.051.

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  title        = {Use of multiscale zirconium alloy deformation models in nuclear fuel behavior analysis},

  author       = {Montgomery, Robert and Tomé, Carlos and Liu, Wenfeng and Alankar, Alankar and Subramanian, Gopinath and Stanek, Christopher},

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