High-chromium steels have high strength properties, corrosion properties and resistance to neutron irradiation, thereby are considered as promising steels for nuclear reactors of generation IV. The deformation and damage of high chromium steels in a wide temperature range was studied by numerical simulation method. A model was proposed to predict the deformation and damage of high chromium steels under quasi-static loading within the temperature range from 295 to 1100 K. It is shown that the ductility of high-chromium steels increases proportionally to temperature in the range from 750 to 1100 K due to the growth of alpha-phase precipitates.
Funding Agencies|Russian Federation [MK-2690.2017.8, SP-1916.2015.2]; Foundation of Mendeleev National Research Tomsk State University within the Program of increasing the TSU competitiveness