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Polycrystalline simulations of in-reactor deformation of zircaloy-4 cladding tubes during nominal operating conditions

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Fuel cladding tubes, made of zirconium alloys are subjected, in-reactor, to a complex loading history under nominal operating conditions. Furthermore, they exhibit a complex deformation behavior resulting from irradiation induced growth, irradiation creep and thermal creep. For design and safety requirements, empirical models are usually used. To have robust physically based mechanical simulations, a self-consistent polycrystalline model has been developed. This model takes into account the various phenomena occurring at the grain scale, such as irradiation induced growth and irradiation creep. Moreover, this model takes into account the crystallographic texture of the material and the mechanical interactions between grains, depending on their orientation. Furthermore, this model is able to handle complex mechanical loading. This model is first shown to reproduce well an experimental database of in-reactor deformation of zirconium alloys. Thanks to the polycrystalline nature of this model, the effect of grain shape and creep mechanisms at the grain scale on the simulated data have been studied in detail. Next, this polycrystalline model has been introduced into a 1D Finite Element Method code, allowing the computation of stress and strain gradients through a thin cladding tube during a complex mechanical loading. This approach opens the way to physically based mechanical calculations at the component scale.

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hal-04318054 , version 1 (01-12-2023)

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Cécilia Gicquel, Fabien Onimus, Renald Brenner, Thomas Helfer, Renaud Masson. Polycrystalline simulations of in-reactor deformation of zircaloy-4 cladding tubes during nominal operating conditions. Zirconium in the Nuclear Industry: 20th International Symposium, ASTM STP 1645, ASTM International, pp.118-148, In press, ⟨10.1520/STP164520220048⟩. ⟨hal-04318054⟩
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