Post irradiation plastic properties of F82H derived from the instrumented tensile tests

引張試験法により得られたF82H鋼の照射後塑性挙動

田口 富嗣; 實川 資朗; 佐藤 道隆*; 松川 真吾*; 若井 栄一  ; 芝 清之

Taguchi, Tomitsugu; Jitsukawa, Shiro; Sato, Michitaka*; Matsukawa, Shingo*; Wakai, Eiichi; Shiba, Kiyoyuki

核融合炉用構造材料の候補材料である、F82H鋼及び2%Ni添加F82H鋼の照射後引張試験を室温で行った。F82H及び2%Ni添加F82Hは、米国オークリッジ国立研究所のHFIR炉において、300Cで最大20dpaまで照射された。引張試験中、継続して試料のネッキング部分の画像をビデオカメラで記録した。これら画像及び荷重変位曲線から、試料の真応力-真歪曲線を求め、中性子照射による試料の硬化挙動を評価した。その結果、欠陥導入型の硬化が照射によりおもに生じたが、300Cで照射されたF82Hにおいては、同じflow stressレベルでは、歪硬化に対して強く影響を及ぼさないことを明らかにした。しかしながら、2%添加F82Hでは、照射が歪硬化に強く影響を及ぼすことがわかった。

F82H (Fe-8Cr-2W) and its variant doped with 2%Ni were irradiated up to 20 dpa at 300C in the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Post irradiation tensile testing was performed at room temperature. During testing, the images of the specimens including the necked region were continuously recorded. Tests on cold worked material were also carried out for comparison. From the load-displacement curves and the strain distributions obtained from the images, flow stress levels and strain hardening behavior was evaluated. A preliminary constitutive equation for the plastic deformation of irradiated F82H is presented. The results suggest that the irradiation mainly causes defect-induced hardening while it did not strongly affect strain hardening at the same flow stress level for F82H irradiated at 300C. The strain hardening of Ni doped specimens was, however, strongly affected by irradiation. Results provide basics to determine allowable stress levels at temperatures below 400C.