Mechanical Properties of Highly Irradiated 20 Percent Cold-Worked Type 316 Stainless Steel

摘要

Recent experiments have extended the mechanical properties data base of 20 percent cold worked 316 stainless steel to a fluence of 1.3 x 10 exp 23 n/cm exp 2 (E > 0.1 MeV), the goal exposure of the Fast Flux Test Facility. Both uniaxial and biaxial tests were conducted on speciments of developmental cladding which were irradiated in the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II at temperatures ranging from 370 exp 0 C to 650 exp 0 C. Uniaxial tensile tests were conducted at strain rates ranging from 10 exp -5 /s to 10 exp -3 /s. Controlled Biaxial Strain Rate (CBSR) tests, recently developed at the Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory, were conducted only at a strain rate of 10 exp -5 /s. CBSR specimens are gas-loaded to produce a constant diametral strain rate. These tests are otherwise analogous to uniaxial tensile tests. The tensile strength and ductility of the cladding were generally in good agreement with the predicted values.