Baylor UniversityMechanical Engineering

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ODS Alloy Cladding by Friction Extrusion & Pilgering

A solid-phase route from ODS powder to thin-wall cladding forms for advanced reactor applications.

A long GARS-derived oxide-dispersion-strengthened steel rod made by friction consolidation and friction extrusion
The first reported FC-plus-friction-extruded GARS ODS steel rod—a closely related precursor form for solid-phase ODS processing.Zhang et al., Journal of Nuclear Materials (2022), Fig. 10 · Source

Project overview

This research combines friction extrusion and pilgering to produce thin-wall oxide-dispersion-strengthened alloy cladding tubes. The solid-phase route connects powder consolidation with tube forming for structural materials in advanced reactor environments.

ODS steelfriction extrusioncladdingnuclear