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[en] The purpose of this study is to characterize and simulate the mechanical behaviour and failure of fresh, hydrided and irradiated (in pressurized water reactors) cold-worked stress relieved Zircaloy-4 fuel claddings under reactivity initiated accident conditions. A model is proposed to describe the anisotropic viscoplastic mechanical behavior of the material as a function of temperature (from 20 C up to 1100 C), strain rate (from 3.10-4 s-1 up to 5 s-1), fluence (from 0 up to 1026 n.m-2) and irradiation conditions. Axial tensile, hoop tensile, expansion due to compression and hoop plane strain tensile tests are performed at 25 C, 350 C and 480 C in order to analyse the anisotropic plastic and failure properties of the non-irradiated material hydrided up to 1200 ppm. Material strength and strain hardening depend on temperature and hydrogen in solid solution and precipitated hydride contents. Plastic anisotropy is not significantly modified by hydrogen. The material is embrittled by hydrides at room temperature. The plastic strain that leads to hydride cracking decreases with increasing hydrogen content. The material ductility, which increases with increasing temperature, is not deteriorated by hydrogen at 350 C and 480 C. Macroscopic fracture modes and damage mechanisms depend on specimen geometry, temperature and hydrogen content. A Gurson type model is finally proposed to describe both the anisotropic viscoplastic behavior and the ductile fracture of the material as a function of temperature and hydrogen content. (author)
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L'objectif de cette etude est de caracteriser et de modeliser le comportement mecanique et la rupture en situation accidentelle d'injection de reactivite de gaines de crayons combustibles en Zircaloy-4 detendu vierges, hydrurees ou irradiees en reacteurs nucleaires a eau pressurisee. Un modele est propose pour decrire le comportement viscoplastique anisotrope du materiau en fonction de la temperature (de 20 C a 1100 C), la vitesse de deformation (de 3.10-4 s-1 a 5 s-1), la fluence (de 0 a 1026 n.m-2) et des conditions d'irradiation. Le comportement plastique anisotrope et la rupture du materiau non irradie hydrure jusqu'a 1200 ppm est etudie a l'aide d'essais de traction axiale, traction circonferentielle, expansion due a la compression et traction plane circonferentielle realises a 25 C, 350 C et 480 C. La resistance mecanique et l'ecrouissage du materiau dependent de la temperature et des teneurs en hydrogene en solution solide et en hydrures precipites. L'anisotropie plastique du materiau est peu modifiee par l'hydrogene. A temperature ambiante le materiau est fragilise par les hydrures, qui rompent pour des deformations plastiques d'autant plus faibles que la teneur en hydrogene est elevee. La ductilite du materiau, croissante en fonction de la temperature, n'est pas affectee par l'hydrogene a 350 C et 480 C. Les modes de rupture macroscopiques et les mecanismes d'endommagement different selon la geometrie des eprouvettes, la temperature et la teneur en hydrogene. Un modele de type Gurson est finalement propose pour representer le comportement viscoplastique anisotrope et la rupture ductile du materiau en fonction de la temperature et de la teneur en hydrogeneOriginal Title
Comportement et rupture de gaines en zircaloy-4 detendu vierges, hydrurees ou irradiees en situation accidentelle de type RIA
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23 Oct 2008; 296 p; CEA-R--6248; [310 refs.]; Available from the INIS Liaison Officer for France, see the 'INIS contacts' section of the INIS-NKM website for current contact and E-mail addresses: http://www.iaea.org/INIS/contacts/; Sciences et Genie des Materiaux
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ALLOYS, ALLOY-ZR98SN-4, CHROMIUM ADDITIONS, CHROMIUM ALLOYS, CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS, ELEMENTS, FAILURES, HEAT RESISTANT MATERIALS, HEAT RESISTING ALLOYS, IRON ADDITIONS, IRON ALLOYS, MATERIALS, MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, NONMETALS, TENSILE PROPERTIES, TIN ALLOYS, TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS, ZIRCALOY, ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS, ZIRCONIUM BASE ALLOYS
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