| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
MS&T22: Materials Science & Technology
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| Symposium
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Tackling Structural Materials Challenges for Advanced Nuclear Reactors
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| Presentation Title |
Studying Microstructural Evolution in an Oxide Dispersion Strengthened 14YWT Ferritic Steel Tube Manufactured using SolidStirTM Technology |
| Author(s) |
Shubhrodev Bhowmik, Pranshul Varshney, Osman El Atwani, Stuart Maloy, Kumar Kandasamy, Nilesh Kumar |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Nilesh Kumar |
| Abstract Scope |
Next generation nuclear reactors are expected to operate in much harsher conditions necessitating use of advanced materials in such environments. In this regard, 14YWT ferritic steel has shown a great potential for being used as fuel cladding tube and other structural components in advanced nuclear reactors. An advanced manufacturing technique, SolidStirTM Technology, patented by Enabled Engineering and based on the principle of friction stir processing, was used in the present work to successfully demonstrate fabrication of a thin-walled tube using ball-milled 14YWT powders. A detailed macrostructural and microstructural characterization using advanced characterization tools have been carried out to understand structural evolution at different length scales in the 14YWT tube processed using SolidStirTM. The preliminary processing and microstructural characterization results indicate that the SolidStirTM is a potential tool for manufacturing fuel cladding tubes at large scale. |