Browsing by Author "Shao, Lin"
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Arman, Bedri (2012-10-19)We investigated dynamic response of Cu46Zr54 metallic glass under adiabatic planar shock wave loading (one-dimensional strain) with molecular dynamics simulations, including Hugoniot (shock) states, shock-induced plasticity, ...
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Bai, Xue; Wu, Sujun; Liaw, Peter; Shao, Lin; Gigax, Jonathan (Metals, 2017)
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Cai, Jizhe (2018-02-20)Theory predicts that carbon nanofibers (CNFs), processed via carbonizing polymeric nanofibers, as down-sized version of carbon fibers (CFs) should be significantly stronger than CFs, due to size-dependent defects in CFs ...
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Kuhr, Samuel Houston (2012-10-19)An electrolytic cell was designed, built, and tested with several proof-of-concept experiments in which Zircaloy material was charged with hydrogen in order to generate zirconium hydride formations. The Electrolytic Charging ...
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Fu, Engang (2010-10-12)High energy particle (neutron, proton and He ions) irradiation to materials typically leads to deteriorating properties, including void swelling, blistering, embrittlement, fracture and exfoliation of surfaces. This ...
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Jiao, Liang (2015-04-28)Thin films techniques are widely used in microelectronic devices, optical coatings, batteries and solar cells, which would be applied under harsh environment spanning from outer space to nuclear plant where defects are ...
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Galicki, Daniel W (2014-10-01)Various proposed metallic nuclear fuel designs for fast reactors may require powder fabrication methods and the reactive nature of uranium metal creates unique challenges. Spherical powder is desired in some fuel concepts ...
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Sooby, Elizabeth S (2014-12-10)A novel technology for accelerator-driven subcritical fission is being developed. A proton beam produces spallation and drives fission in a molten salt core. The motivation of the development is its capacity to destroy the ...
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Brito, Ryan Anthony (2022-12-09)The addition of a continuous, high thermal conductivity beryllium oxide (BeO) network to the uranium dioxide (UO2) nuclear fuel microstructure has been proposed for improved accident tolerance. The interfacial thermal ...
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Totemeier, Aaron Robert (2015-11-24)To evaluate the behavior of inert helium gas bubbles in zirconium three variants of the metal were implanted with 140 keV helium ions to a total fluence of 3×10^17 cm^−2 and characterized in cross-section TEM in their ...
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Martin, Michael S. (2013-08-13)Embedding metal nanoparticles in crystalline silicon possesses numerous possible applications to fabricate optoelectronic switches, increase efficiency of radiation detectors, decrease the thickness of monocrystalline ...
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Jiang, Youwei (2014-04-28)Nanophotonics have drawn huge attention in recent years in various applications. Surface sensing technique, including surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), is an important topic of nanophotonics and has been widely ...
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Hausaman, Jeffrey Stephen (2012-02-14)The development of fast reactor systems capable of burning recycled transuranic (TRU) isotopes has been underway for decades at various levels of activity. These systems could significantly alleviate nuclear waste storage ...
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Badry, Fergany (2021-01-08)Thermal conductivity is one of the most important physical properties of materials. It plays a significant role in operation, performance and efficiency of the nuclear reactors. This study introduces a novel model for the ...
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Parkison, Adam Joseph (2009-05-15)The experiments performed for this thesis were designed to define the primary process variables of time, temperature, and atmosphere for an engineering system that will produce metal powder from recycled nuclear fuel ...
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Martinez, John Calvin (2015-05-12)The absorption of hydrogen in zirconium-based nuclear fuel cladding alloys is one of the most significant contributors to its degradation during long-term storage. The goal of this work was to perform a detailed study of ...
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Lee, Joon Hwan 1977- (2012-11-27)With the recent development of in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) characterization techniques, the real time study of property-structure correlations in nanomaterials becomes possible. This dissertation reports ...
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Aslan, Ugur (2017-06-02)The effect of hydrogen on thermo-mechanical properties and in-use performance of metals and metal alloys is of critical importance, in particular in structural applications. In recent years, the relevance of H-metal ...
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Kim, Ickchan (2012-07-16)Titanium nitride coatings have been widely applied and studied as high temperature diffusion barrier for silicon devices in microelectronics, wear resistant coatings in turbine blade materials, and materials for future ...
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Kennas, Miltiadis Demetrios (2020-01-13)This study is a systematic investigation on the interface reactions of various coating materials for nuclear fuel cladding. In particular this study focused on metallic interdiffusion between these coatings and Zircaloy-4. ...