Irradiation effects on mechanical and physical properties of SS304L-nanotube composites

For decades nuclear power has been a reliable and affordable source of base-load power[1] with relatively small amounts of CO2 emissions.[2] The levelized cost of electricity generated by nuclear power plants is dominated by the capital cost of the structural components,[3] therefore extending the operating lifetime of these plants is of high economic and environmental interests. However, degradation of mechanical behavior of structural materials due to radiation damage is a key limiting factor to service lifetime. The development of advanced materials can potentially improve material performance under irradiation and increase their design lifetime. Traditional alloy design always sacrifices one property for another, such as strength for ductility, or creep strength for radiation resistance.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• Shahin, Mohammad,S.M.Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Michael P. Short.

• Nuclear Science and Engineering.

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• MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129112

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