Anisotropy of creep characteristics and texture of thin-walled fuel cans of steel type Kh16N15M3T

Cold worked tubular fuel cans of the steel type Kh16N15M3T were studied for their structure, texture and its distribution with wall thickness, short-term strength and creep resistance using methods of x-ray diffraction analysis, microscopy and mechanic testing. Fiber texture <111> and <100> was observed along the axis of cans. In radial plane the <011> crystallographic orientation was revealed. The plane tangent to a tube surface was characterized by texture directions of <011> and <112>> Refs. 8, figs. 6