Preface; Contents; About the Editors; Mechanical Anisotropy, Crystallographic Texture and Related Phenomena; 1 Creep, Deformation and Fracture Studies of Materials for Various Technologies in the Nuclear Materials Research Group at NC State; Abstract; Introduction; Transitional Creep Mechanisms of Metals and Alloys; Synergistic Effects of Dynamic Strain Aging and Radiation Defects on Fracture; Dynamical Behavior of Point and Line Defects During Deformation Using Non-interactive NMR Techniques; Condition Monitoring of Structural Materials Using ABI

Neutron Irradiation Effects on Ultrafine Grained SteelsSummary; Acknowledgements; References; 2 Anisotropic Biaxial Creep of Textured Nb-Modified Zircaloy-4 Tubing; Abstract; Introduction; Material and Experimental Procedure; Results and Discussion; Microstructure; Biaxial Creep Results; Evaluation of Creep Anisotropy Parameters; Creep Loci of the HANA-4 Alloy; Comparison of Current Experimental Creep Results with Other Alloys; Biaxial Anisotropic Creep Modeling Using Plasticity-CODF Model; Summary and Conclusions; Acknowledgement; References

3 Effect of Specimen Geometry, Orientation and Temperature on the Impact Toughness of Zr-2.5Nb Pressure TubeAbstract; Introduction; Experimental; Material; Charpy V-Notch Specimens and Drop Tower Impact Test; Results and Discussion; Conclusions; References; 4 Microstructure, Texture and Mechanical Properties of the 14YWT Nanostructured Ferritic Alloy NFA-1; Abstract; Introduction; Materials and Methods; NFA-1 Processing; Microstructural Characterization; Mechanical Characterization; Results and Discussion; Plate Microstructure and Texture; Micro-mechanisms and Mechanics of Microcracking

Microhardness and Tensile PropertiesFracture Toughness; A Brief Description of Other Important Results; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; High Temperature Creep of Materials; 5 Fundamentals of Creep in Aluminum Over a Very Wide Temperature Range; Abstract; Steady-State Creep of Aluminum; Five Power-Law Creep; Power-Law Breakdown; Harper-Dorn Creep; Viscous Creep; Acknowledgements; References; 6 Dislocation Cross-Slip Controlled Creep at High Stresses and Transitional Creep Mechanisms in Zircaloy-4; Abstract; Introduction; Materials and Experiments; Results and Discussion

Application to Dry StorageConclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 7 Characterisation of Mechanical Properties Using Ball Indentation, Small Punch Creep and Impression Creep Methods; Abstract; Introduction; Impression Creep; Alloy Development Studies Using Impression Creep; Characterization of Creep Properties of Weld Joints; Heterogeneity of Deformation in Impression Creep; Small Punch Creep; Alloy Development Studies Using SPC; Ball Indentation; Indentation to Energy to Fracture; Ball Indentation Testing System; Ball Indentation Studies on Weld Joint