Published 1976 | Version v1
Book

Irradiation creep

Creators

  • 1. UKAEA Reactor Group, Springfields

Description

It is more than thirty years since positive evidence of irradiation creep was first obtained. Since then this phenomenon has been measured for a wide range of metals and ceramics. Only now is some unifying picture of the processes that contribute to irradiation creep beginning to emerge. It appears that in many cases there are two important mechanisms. One is the irradiation-induced climb of dislocations and their subsequent glide under the influence of the applied stress. The other mechanism is polarisation of the climb process by the applied stress. Together these mechanisms seem likely to be able to explain the majority of the irradiation-creep observations on metals and alloys

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Ecole Nationale Superieure de la Metallurgie et de l'Industrie des Mines. Laboratoire de Physique du Solide.
Imprint Place
Nancy, France
Imprint Title
4. International conference on the strength of metals and alloys. Nancy, France, 30 August-3 September 1976
Imprint Pagination
v. 3 p. 1003-1022.

Conference

Title
4. International conference on the strength of metals and alloys.
Dates
30 Aug 1976.
Place
Nancy, France.