Residual Stress Measurements in Extreme Environments for Hazardous, Layered Specimens

Benefiel, B. C.; Larsen, E. D.; Prime, M. B.; Phillips, A. M.; Davies, K. B.; Castano, D.; Cole, J. I.

doi:10.1007/s11340-021-00816-4

Title: Residual Stress Measurements in Extreme Environments for Hazardous, Layered Specimens

Journal Article · 03 January 2022 · Experimental Mechanics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-021-00816-4 · OSTI ID:1865020

Benefiel, B. C. ^[1]; Larsen, E. D. ^[1];

^[2]; Phillips, A. M. ^[1]; Davies, K. B. ^[1]; Castano, D. ^[2]; Cole, J. I. ^[1]

Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

In nuclear fuel plates of low-enriched U-10Mo (LEU) clad with aluminum by hot isostatic pressing (HIP), post-irradiation stresses arising during reactor shutdown are a major concern for safe reactor operations. Measurement of those residual stresses has not previously been possible because the high radioactivity of the plates requires handling only by remote manipulation in a hot cell. The incremental slitting method for measuring through-thickness stress profiles was modified, and a system for automated, remote operation was built and tested. Experimental modifications consisted of replacing electric-discharge machining (EDM) with a small end mill and strain-gauge measurements with cantilever displacement measurements. The inverse method used to calculate stresses was the pulse-regularization method modified to allow discontinuities across material interfaces. The new system was validated by comparing with conventional slitting on a depleted U-10Mo (DU) fuel plate. The new system was applied to two measurements each on six as-fabricated (pre-irradiation) LEU miniature fuel plates. Variations between the measurements at two locations in the same plate were strongly correlated with measured geometrical heterogeneity in the plate—a tilt in the fuel foil. Compressive stresses in the U-10Mo were shown to increase from 20 to 250 MPa as the ratio of aluminum thickness to U-10Mo thickness increased causing increased constraint during cooling. Faster cooling rates during processing also increased stress magnitudes. The measurements trends agreed with data in the literature from similar plates made with DU, which further validates the method. Because other methods are impractical in a hot cell, the modified slitting method is now poised for the first measurements of post-irradiation stresses.

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Research Organization:: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; AC07-05ID14517

OSTI ID:: 1865020

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-21-27557

Journal Information:: Experimental Mechanics, Journal Name: Experimental Mechanics Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 62; ISSN 0014-4851

Publisher:: SpringerCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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