Irradiation ageing - WPMUIRA4

Informations générales

  • Number of hours

    • Lectures 6.0
    • Projects 0
    • Tutorials 10.0
    • Internship 0
    • Laboratory works 4.0

    ECTS

    ECTS 1.0

Goal(s)

After completion of the module, student should be able to :

  • Calculate displacement damage in any materials knowing the irradiation flux
  • Determine the main irradiation ageing that affect a given component/material
Contact Emilie FERRIE

Content(s)

Irradiation hardening (loops dislocation bubbles,clear bands)
Irradiation embrittlement, ductility reduction (Ductile-Brittle Transition, Davidenkoff diagrams)
Irradiation creep and growth
Swelling
Wigner Effect, irradiation damage in ceramics and fuels (fundamentals for D1)
Radiolysis (irradiation damage in water and polymers)



Prerequisites

Statistical Physics, Quantum Physics, Crystallography and Basic Materials Science (phase diagrams, dislocations, diffusion laws).

Test

Semester 9 - The exam is given in english only 

written exam (2h)



Additional Information

Semester 9 - This course is given in english only EN

Course list
Curriculum->Semesters A Choice->Semester 9
Curriculum->Internationals Cursus->Semester 9

Bibliography

Gary Was, Fundamentals of Radiation Materials Science, Springer-Verlag (July 2007)
Solid state phenomena, Vol 30 & 31, (1993) pages 7-74