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Mechanical Constitutive Model for Equivalent Solid of Fission Gas Bubbles in Irradiated U-10Mo Fuels
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1.China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd, Shenzhen 518026, China;2.Institute of Mechanics and Computational Engineering, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (12135008, 12132005)

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    The internal pressure within fission gas bubbles (FGBs) in irradiated nuclear fuels drives mechanical interactions with the surrounding fuel skeleton. To investigate the micromechanical stress fields in irradiated nuclear fuels containing pressurized FGBs, a mechanical constitutive model for the equivalent solid of FGBs was developed and validated. This model was based on the modified Van der Waals equation, incorporating the effects of surface tension. Using this model, the micromechanical fields in irradiated U-10Mo fuels with randomly distributed FGBs were calculated during uniaxial tensile testing via the finite element (FE) method. The macroscopic elastic constants of the irradiated U-10Mo fuels were then derived using homogenization theory, and the influences of bubble pressure, bubble size, and porosity on these constants were examined. Results show that adjacent FGBs exhibit mechanical interactions, which leads to distinct stress concentrations in the surrounding fuel skeleton. The macroscopic elastic constants of irradiated U-10Mo fuels decrease with increasing the macroscopic porosity, which can be quantitatively described by the Mori-Tanaka model. In contrast, bubble pressure and size have negligible effects on these constants.

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[Li Yong, Yan Feng, Zhang Jing, Zang Liye, Ding Shurong. Mechanical Constitutive Model for Equivalent Solid of Fission Gas Bubbles in Irradiated U-10Mo Fuels[J]. Rare Metal Materials and Engineering,2025,54(7):1653~1660.]
DOI:10.12442/j. issn.1002-185X.20240640

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  • Received:September 30,2024
  • Revised:March 17,2025
  • Adopted:March 19,2025
  • Online: July 01,2025
  • Published: June 23,2025