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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-A.2013.37.1.067

Determination of Flow Stress of Zircaloy-4 Under High Strain Rate Using Slot Milling Test  

Hwang, Jihoon (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University)
Kim, Naksoo (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University)
Lee, Hyungyil (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University)
Kim, Dongchoul (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A / v.37, no.1, 2013 , pp. 67-75 More about this Journal
Abstract
The flow stress of zircaloy-4 used in the spacer grid supporting a nuclear fuel rod was determined by the Johnson-Cook model, and model parameters were determined using reverse engineering. Parameters such as A, B, n and $\dot{\varepsilon}_0$ were determined by the tensile test result. To obtain the parameters C and m, a slot milling test and numerical simulation were performed. The objective functions were defined as the difference between the experimental and the simulation results, and then, the parameters were determined by minimizing the objective function. To verify the validity of the determined parameters, cross-verification for each case was conducted through a shearing test and simulation. The results tend to show agreement with the experimental results, such as the features of sheared edges and maximum punch force, with the correlation coefficients exceeding at least 0.97.
Keywords
Zircaloy-4; Johnson-Cook Model; Flow Stress; Slot Milling Test; Inverse Engineering;
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