As the first safety barrier of nuclear reactors,zirconium alloy cladding tubes have attracted extensive attention because of its good mechanical properties.The strength and ductility of zirconium alloy are of great si...As the first safety barrier of nuclear reactors,zirconium alloy cladding tubes have attracted extensive attention because of its good mechanical properties.The strength and ductility of zirconium alloy are of great significance to the service process of cladding tubes,while brittle hydrides precipitate and thus deteriorate the overall performance.Based on the cohesive finite element method,the effects of cohesive strength,interfacial characteristics,and hydrides geometric characteristics on the strength and ductility of two-phase material(zirconium alloy with hydrides)are numerically simulated.The results show that the fracture behavior is significantly affected by the cohesive strength and that the overall strength and ductility are sensitive to the cohesive strength of the zirconium alloy.Furthermore,the interface is revealed to have prominent effects on the overall fracture behavior.When the cohesive strength and fracture energy of the interface are higher than those of the hydride phase,fracture initiates in the hydrides,which is consistent with the experimental phenomena.In addition,it is found that the number density and arrangement of hydrides play important roles in the overall strength and ductility.Our simulation provides theoretical support for the performance analysis of hydrogenated zirconium alloys during nuclear reactor operation.展开更多
Coal pillars are usually loaded under combined compression-shear stresses at underground coal mines.Their long-term stability is critical to the utilization of underground structures,such as underground reservoirs at ...Coal pillars are usually loaded under combined compression-shear stresses at underground coal mines.Their long-term stability is critical to the utilization of underground structures,such as underground reservoirs at coal mines.In this study,a modified rock property testing system was used to explore the mechanical properties of coal specimens under quasi-static combined compression-shear loading conditions.The acoustic emission technique was applied to investigating the microcrack fracturing of coal specimens at various inclination angles.The experimental results show that specimen inclination has remarkable effects on the microcrack initiation,microcrack damage and ultimate failure of the coal specimen.The failure mode of the coal specimen tends to transit from axial splitting to shear failure with increasing specimen inclination,and its peak strength is closely associated with the microcrack damage threshold.In practice,it is recommended to consider coal strength under combined compression-shear loading when using empirical pillar strength formulae so that the effect of pillar inclination can be included.展开更多
基金Supported by National Key Research and Development Plan of China(Grant No.2018YFC0808800)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51875398)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2021M693240).
文摘As the first safety barrier of nuclear reactors,zirconium alloy cladding tubes have attracted extensive attention because of its good mechanical properties.The strength and ductility of zirconium alloy are of great significance to the service process of cladding tubes,while brittle hydrides precipitate and thus deteriorate the overall performance.Based on the cohesive finite element method,the effects of cohesive strength,interfacial characteristics,and hydrides geometric characteristics on the strength and ductility of two-phase material(zirconium alloy with hydrides)are numerically simulated.The results show that the fracture behavior is significantly affected by the cohesive strength and that the overall strength and ductility are sensitive to the cohesive strength of the zirconium alloy.Furthermore,the interface is revealed to have prominent effects on the overall fracture behavior.When the cohesive strength and fracture energy of the interface are higher than those of the hydride phase,fracture initiates in the hydrides,which is consistent with the experimental phenomena.In addition,it is found that the number density and arrangement of hydrides play important roles in the overall strength and ductility.Our simulation provides theoretical support for the performance analysis of hydrogenated zirconium alloys during nuclear reactor operation.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.2018QNA31)。
文摘Coal pillars are usually loaded under combined compression-shear stresses at underground coal mines.Their long-term stability is critical to the utilization of underground structures,such as underground reservoirs at coal mines.In this study,a modified rock property testing system was used to explore the mechanical properties of coal specimens under quasi-static combined compression-shear loading conditions.The acoustic emission technique was applied to investigating the microcrack fracturing of coal specimens at various inclination angles.The experimental results show that specimen inclination has remarkable effects on the microcrack initiation,microcrack damage and ultimate failure of the coal specimen.The failure mode of the coal specimen tends to transit from axial splitting to shear failure with increasing specimen inclination,and its peak strength is closely associated with the microcrack damage threshold.In practice,it is recommended to consider coal strength under combined compression-shear loading when using empirical pillar strength formulae so that the effect of pillar inclination can be included.
