Deformation of α-zirconium in the vicinity of 0.5 tinm |
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Authors: | S. R. Macewen R. G. Fleck E. T. C. Ho O. T. Woo |
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Affiliation: | (1) Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, KOJ 1JO Chalk River, Ontario, Canada;(2) Mechanical Research Department at Ontario Hydro, Canada;(3) Ontario Hydro, 800 Kipling Avenue, M8Z 5S4 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | The creep behavior of specimens of α-Zr, machined from the three principal directions of a rolled slab or from swaged rod, has been studied in the temperature range 870 to 975 K, for stresses in the range 5 to 20 MPa. For a given stress and temperature, the creep rate depends on texture, being higher for specimens having their axes parallel to the longitudinal (rolling) direction than for specimens cut from either the transverse or short transverse directions. The activation energy for creep,Q C, decreases with increasing stress, and becomes approximately equal toQ D, the activation energy for self-diffusion, only for stresses in excess of about 20 MPa. The stress exponentn increases from 3 at low stresses to about 9 at high stresses, for the range of stresses and strain rates investigated. The results are incompatible with a simple, power-law representation of the steady-state creep rate in whichn is constant, andQ C =Q D, independent of stress. It is demonstrated that the data are consistent with models in which the glide process contributes to the stress and temperature dependencies of steady-state creep. |
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