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Dislocation dynamics simulations of interactions between gliding dislocations and radiation induced prismatic loops in zirconium

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The mechanical behavior of Pressurized Water Reactor fuel cladding tubes made of zirconium alloys is strongly affected by neutron irradiation due to the high density of radiation induced dislocation loops. In order to investigate the interaction mechanisms between gliding dislocations and loops in zirconium, a new nodal dislocation dynamics code, adapted to Hexagonal Close Packed metals, has been used. Various configurations have been systematically computed considering different glide planes, basal or prismatic, and different characters, edge or screw, for gliding dislocations with 〈a〉-type Burgers vectors. Simulations show various interaction mechanisms such as (i) absorption of a loop on an edge dislocation leading to the formation of a double super-jog, (ii) creation of a helical turn, on a screw dislocation, that acts as a strong pinning point or (iii) sweeping of a loop by a gliding dislocation. It is shown that the clearing of loops is more favorable when the dislocation glides in the basal plane than in the prismatic plane explaining the easy dislocation channeling in the basal plane observed after neutron irradiation by transmission electron microscopy.
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hal-01729357 , version 1 (12-03-2018)

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Julie Drouet, Laurent Dupuy, Fabien Onimus, Frédéric Mompiou, Simon Perusin, et al.. Dislocation dynamics simulations of interactions between gliding dislocations and radiation induced prismatic loops in zirconium. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2014, 449 (1-3), pp.252-262. ⟨10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.11.049⟩. ⟨hal-01729357⟩
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