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The deformation and burst behavior of Zircaloy-4 cladding tubes with hydride rim features subject to internal pressure loads by Kamerman, David W.

“…This study is motivated by the desire to conduct a separate effects test replicating specific aspects of an in-pile pulse reactor test on high exposure light…”
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Temperature-Dependent Mechanical Anisotropy in Textured Zircaloy Cladding by Nelson, Malachi, Samuha, Shmuel, Kamerman, David, Hosemann, Peter

“…This work evaluates deformation activity in textured zircaloy-4 cladding with the aim of elucidating the mechanisms that govern mechanical behavior across a…”
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Enhanced stress relaxation behavior via basal $\langle a \rangle$ dislocation activity in Zircaloy-4 cladding by Nelson, Malachi Michael, Samuha, Shmuel, Kombaiah, Boopathy, Kamerman, David W., Hosemann, Peter

“…Herein this work evaluates the stress relaxation behavior of textured Zircaloy-4 cladding to understand how mechanical anisotropy influences pellet-cladding…”
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Evaluation of the ring tension test (RTT) for robust determination of material strengths by Hansen, Robert S., Kamerman, David W., Petersen, Philip G., Cappia, Fabiola

“…[Display omitted] •Two ring tension test configurations are compared using finite element analysis.•‘Dogbone’ tests underpredict strengths due to premature…”
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Temperature-Dependent Mechanical Anisotropy in Textured Zircaloy Cladding by Nelson, Malachi Michael, Kamerman, David W

“…This work evaluates deformation activity in textured zircaloy-4 cladding with the aim of elucidating the mechanisms that govern mechanical behavior across a…”
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Evaluation of the ring tension test (RTT) for robust determination of material strengths by Hansen, Robert S., Kamerman, David W., Petersen, Philip G., Cappia, Fabiola

“…The ring tension test (RTT) is an experimental method for determining mechanical behavior in a material’s circumferential or hoop direction. It is a crucial…”
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Formation and characterization of hydride rim structures in Zircaloy-4 nuclear fuel cladding tubes by Kamerman, David W., Bachhav, Mukesh, Yao, Tiankai, Pu, Xiaofei, Burns, Jatuporn

“…Zirconium alloy tubes used as nuclear fuel cladding are subject to oxidation and subsequent hydrogen pickup during their long service in commercial light water…”
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On the Role of Zirconium Hydrides and Hydride Rim Features in Causing Low Strain Ruptures in Stress Relieved Zirconium Alloy Cladding Tubes in Pulse Reactor Tests by Kamerman, David W

“…Stress relieved zirconium alloys are the most widely used material to construct light water reactor fuel cladding tubes. Circumferential zirconium hydride…”
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Resumption of water capsule reactivity-initiated accident testing at TREAT by Folsom, Charles P., Schulthess, Jason L., Kamerman, David W., Hansen, Robert S., Woolstenhulme, Nicolas E., Jensen, Colby B., Astle, Leigh A., Ocampo Giraldo, Luis, Fleming, Austin, Wachs, Daniel M.

“…•Water-based reactivity initiated accident testing of light water reactor fuel rods in the Transient REActor Test facility.•In-pile experiments along with…”
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Core-to-Specimen Energy Coupling Results of the First Modern Fueled Experiments in TREAT by Woolstenhulme, Nicolas E., Fleming, Austin D., Kamerman, David W., Jensen, Colby B., Wachs, Daniel M., Holschuh, Tommy V.

“…For this study, a series of experiments was conducted in the Transient Reactor Test (TREAT) Facility following a decades-long operational hiatus. A series of…”
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