Three-dimensional phase-field simulations of intragranular gas bubble evolution in irradiated U-Mo fuel

Liang, Linyun; Mei, Zhi-Gang; Soo Kim, Yeon; Anitescu, Mihai; Yacout, Abdellatif M.

doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2017.12.061

Title: Three-dimensional phase-field simulations of intragranular gas bubble evolution in irradiated U-Mo fuel

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Authors:: Liang, Linyun; Mei, Zhi-Gang; Soo Kim, Yeon; Anitescu, Mihai; Yacout, Abdellatif M.

Publication Date:: Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1548881

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Computational Materials Science

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Computational Materials Science Journal Volume: 145 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0927-0256

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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                    Liang, Linyun, Mei, Zhi-Gang, Soo Kim, Yeon, Anitescu, Mihai, and Yacout, Abdellatif M. Three-dimensional phase-field simulations of intragranular gas bubble evolution in irradiated U-Mo fuel.  Netherlands: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Liang, Linyun, Mei, Zhi-Gang, Soo Kim, Yeon, Anitescu, Mihai, & Yacout, Abdellatif M. Three-dimensional phase-field simulations of intragranular gas bubble evolution in irradiated U-Mo fuel.  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2017.12.061

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                    Liang, Linyun, Mei, Zhi-Gang, Soo Kim, Yeon, Anitescu, Mihai, and Yacout, Abdellatif M. Sun .  
"Three-dimensional phase-field simulations of intragranular gas bubble evolution in irradiated U-Mo fuel".  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2017.12.061.

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  title        = {Three-dimensional phase-field simulations of intragranular gas bubble evolution in irradiated U-Mo fuel},

  author       = {Liang, Linyun and Mei, Zhi-Gang and Soo Kim, Yeon and Anitescu, Mihai and Yacout, Abdellatif M.},

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  journal      = {Computational Materials Science},

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