%0 Journal Article %A Yin, Youfa %A Faulkner, Roy G. %A Lu, Zheng %D 2009 %T Irradiation-induced precipitation modelling of ferritic steels %U https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Irradiation-induced_precipitation_modelling_of_ferritic_steels/9234026 %2 https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/ndownloader/files/16815512 %K untagged %K Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified %X In high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels typically used in reactor pressure vessels (RPV), irradiation-induced microstructure changes affect the performance of the components. One such change is precipitation hardening due to the formation of solute clusters and/or precipitates which form as a result of irradiation-enhanced solute diffusion and thermodynamic stability changes. The other is irradiation-enhanced tempering which is a result of carbide coarsening due to irradiation-enhanced carbon diffusion. Both effects have been studied using a recently developed Monte Carlo based precipitation kinetics simulation technique and modelling results are compared with experimental measurements. Good agreements have been achieved. %I Loughborough University