| Title |
Inelastic Cyclic Deformation Behaviors of Type 316H Stainless Steel for Reactor Pressure Vessel of Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor at Elevated Temperatures |
| Authors |
윤지현(Ji Hyun Yoon); 김영춘(Young Chun Kim); 홍석민(Seok Min Hong); 구경회(Gyeong Hoi Koo); 이봉상(Bong Sang Lee) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.3365/KJMM.2015.53.10.681 |
| ISSN |
1738-8228(ISSN), 2288-8241(eISSN) |
| Keywords |
Type 316H; sodium-cooled fast reactor; dynamic strain aging; inelastic; ratcheting |
| Abstract |
Type 316H stainless steel is a primary candidate material for a reactor pressure vessel of a sodium-cooled fast (SFR) reactor which is under development in Korea. The reactor pressure vessel for a SFR is subjected to inelastic deformation induced by cyclic thermal stress. Fully reversed cyclic testing and ratcheting testing at elevated temperatures were performed to characterize the inelastic cyclic deformation behaviors of Type 316H stainless steel at the SFR operating temperature. It was found that cyclic hardening of Type 316H stainless steel was enhanced, and the accumulation of ratcheting deformation of Type 316H stainless steel was retarded at around the SFR operating temperature. The results of the tensile testing and the microstructural investigation for dislocated structures after the inelastic deformation testing showed that dynamic strain aging affected the inelastic cyclic deformation behavior of Type 316 stainless steel at around the SFR operating temperature. |