A nanomechanical Raman spectroscopy based assessment of stress distribution in irradiated and corroded SiC

Mohanty, Debapriya Pinaki; Wang, Hao; Okuniewski, Maria; Tomar, Vikas

doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.07.025

Title: A nanomechanical Raman spectroscopy based assessment of stress distribution in irradiated and corroded SiC

Journal Article · 13 July 2017 · Journal of Nuclear Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.07.025 · OSTI ID:1538490

^[1]; Wang, Hao ^[1]; Okuniewski, Maria ^[1]; Tomar, Vikas ^[1]

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (United States)

Silicon carbide (SiC) composites are under consideration for cladding and structural materials in various types of reactors. The effects of ion irradiation and corrosion on stress distribution due to mechanical loading on chemical vapor deposited (CVD) SiC were investigated here in this paper by using nanomechanical Raman spectroscopy (NMRS). The stress distribution was analyzed as a function of the oxide formation on a corroded specimen and as a function of ion-induced irradiation damage in an irradiated specimen. A finite element method (FEM) based model was developed based on local mechanical properties measured using nanoindentation to predict the NMRS measured stress distribution. The stress distribution was also predicted theoretically by using a stress concentration factor, which is a function of sample geometry and boundary conditions. The maximum stress obtained theoretically was in good agreement with the FEM model and NMRS based measurements. FEM results captured the stress variation trends and maximum stress value in the analyzed samples. NMRS measurements predicted that corrosion had a greater influence on increasing the maximum value of stress in comparison to ion irradiation. The increase in stress attributed to corrosion in comparison to ion irradiated samples was approximately 10%–20%.

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Research Organization:: Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: NE0008259; NE0008558

OSTI ID:: 1538490

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1549553

Journal Information:: Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 497, Issue C; ISSN 0022-3115

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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