F. Xu

TL;DR: In this article, an elastoplastic self-consistent model was used to interpret the experimental lattice strain evolution previously reported for testing in three directions of a thick polycrystalline Zircaloy-2 slab.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used neutron diffraction to track the development of internal strains in three dimensions in samples cut from a rolled Zircaloy-2 slab and the samples were subjected to room temperature compression or tension in situ in the neutron diffractometer with loading along each of the three principal directions of the slab.

TL;DR: In this article, the texture evolution during uni-axial deformation of Zircaloy-2 obtained using neutron diffraction was interpreted with a visco-plastic self-consistent model, based on an extensive data set achieved through in situ and ex situ neutron diffusion measurements.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed an understanding of the contribution of basal slip to deformation by applying an elasto-plastic selfconsistent model to an extensive experimental database, obtained by neutron diffraction measurements on textured Zircaloy-2.

TL;DR: In this article, the evolution of lattice strains in Zircaloy-2 was investigated in situ by time-of-flight neutron diffraction during uni-axial compression in three principal directions, normal, transverse and rolling.