Novel Methods for Recording Stress-Strain Curves in Proton Irradiated Material

Autor: Jack Donoghue, Michael Preuss, D. Lunt, Albert D. Smith, Alistair Garner, Keith Wilford, Philip J. Withers, Allan Harte
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020)
Scientific Reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62241-2
Popis: Proton irradiation is often used as a proxy for neutron irradiation but the irradiated layer is typically in-situ loading experiments are carried out using a combination of X-ray diffraction and digital image correlation on the near surface region in order to measure stress and strain, thereby eliminating the influence of the non-irradiated volume. The second approach is to manufacture small-scale tensile specimens containing only the proton irradiated volume but approaching the smallest representative volume of the material. This is achieved by high-speed focused ion beam (FIB) milling though the application of a Xe+ Plasma-FIB (PFIB). It is demonstrated that both techniques are capable of recording the early stage of uniaxial flow behaviour of the irradiated material with sufficient accuracy providing a measure of irradiation-induced shift of yield strength, strain hardening and tensile strength.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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