About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Accelerated Qualification Methods for Nuclear Reactor Structural Materials
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| Presentation Title |
Emulating radiation induced segregation behavior by cyclic plasticity of materials |
| Author(s) |
Sohail Shah, Anshul Kamboj, Boopathy Kombaiah, Mukesh Bachhav |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Sohail Shah |
| Abstract Scope |
Generation-IV reactor design concepts aim to create longer-lasting, safer, and economically viable nuclear power plants. However, to realize these designs, the structural materials must withstand extreme conditions such as high doses and temperature of reactors operations. More often, testing of structural materials is conventionally done via neutron irradiation; however, screening of materials is often slow and expensive due to irradiation experiments and time dependent phenomena testing. This work aims at developing a novel approach involving cyclic plasticity - to emulate one aspect of radiation damage: radiation induced segregation (RIS) in materials without undergoing actual irradiation. This novel technique is a time efficient and cost-effective alternative to the traditional irradiation methodology used to emulate RIS and can be effectively utilized as a screening methodology to narrow down the possible candidate materials for further investigation. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Characterization, Nuclear Materials, Mechanical Properties |