材料科学
硬化(计算)
微观结构
辐照
透射电子显微镜
反应堆压力容器
位错
复合材料
冶金
核物理学
纳米技术
物理
图层(电子)
作者
Pandong Lin,Jun-feng Nie,Wen-dong Cui,Lei He,Yu‐peng Lu,Shu-gang Cui
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.jmrt.2024.03.028
摘要
Irradiation defects are known to impede the dislocation motion in irradiated reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels. However, consistent experimental studies of the respective irradiation defects and relevant theoretical studies of the interaction mechanism and hardening model are still lacking. In this study, the microstructure and irradiation-induced hardening of RPV steels are investigated using transmission electron microscopy (TEM)/energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. In A508-Ⅲ steel, 9R, twinned fcc, and other typical Cu-rich cluster structures are observed using TEM after the irradiation experiment. Based on the experimental results, MD simulations are performed to study the interactions between the dislocations and Cu clusters or voids. A mechanism diagram of the interaction mechanism coupling the effects of temperature and defect size is shown for both the Cu clusters and voids. A relevant hardening model is proposed based on the MD data, which is further discussed in relation to the macroscopic mechanical properties. Furthermore, the irradiation-induced hardening of the RPV steel is successfully predicted, which further demonstrates the reliability of the proposed unified hardening model.
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