Phase-field simulation of radiation-induced bubble evolution in recrystallized U-Mo alloy

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In the present work, a phase-field model was developed to investigate the influence of recrystallizationon bubble evolution during irradiation. Considering the interaction between bubbles and grain boundary(GB), a set of modified Cahn-Hilliard and Allen-Cahn equations, with field variables and order parametersevolving in space and time, was used in this model. Both the kinetics of recrystallization characterized inexperiments and point defects generated during cascade were incorporated in the model. The bubbleevolution in recrystallized polycrystalline of UeMo alloy was also investigated. The simulation resultsshowed that GB with a large area fraction generated by recrystallization accelerates the formation andgrowth of bubbles. With the formation of new grains, gas atoms are swept and collected by GBs. Thesimulation results of bubble size and distribution are consistent with the experimental results.

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