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ArticleNature communications2026

Quantifying nanoscale 3D stresses in zirconium and hydrides.

Saiedeh Marashi, Masoud Taherijam, Alireza Tondro, Axel Henningsson, Brandon Kuo, James A D Ball, Stephen Hall, Jonathan P Wright, Hamidreza Abdolvand

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Saiedeh MarashiDepartment of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Western University, London, ON, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5323-261X
Masoud TaherijamDepartment of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Alireza TondroDepartment of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Axel HenningssonDivision of Solid Mechanics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Brandon KuoDepartment of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
James A D BallESRF, The European Synchrotron, Grenoble, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5830-8268
Stephen HallDivision of Solid Mechanics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Jonathan P WrightESRF, The European Synchrotron, Grenoble, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8217-0884
Hamidreza AbdolvandDepartment of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Western University, London, ON, Canada. Hamid.Abdolvand@uwo.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4384-111X

Funding

Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et en Génie du Canada) ALLRP 588372-23Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et en Génie du Canada) ALLRP 601891-24Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et en Génie du Canada) CRC-2021-00463Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et en Génie du Canada) RGPIN- 2022-02955
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zirconium alloys are widely used to manufacture the core components of nuclear reactors. Despite having good mechanical properties, they are susceptible to hydrogen embrittlement and hydride formation. In this study, scanning three-dimensional synchrotron X-ray diffraction is employed to determine, for the first time, the 3D internal stresses within hydrides and the surrounding zirconium matrix at 200 nm spatial resolution. The three-dimensional measured grain morphologies are imported into a crystal plasticity finite element model to simulate the evolution of localized stresses induced by hydride precipitation. Both experimental and numerical results consistently reveal significant compressive hydrostatic stresses within hydrides, with magnitudes exceeding 1 GPa, accompanied by pronounced variations in the individual stress components. Stresses and dislocation densities are localized at the hydride-zirconium boundaries. A force equilibrium analysis demonstrates that the measured stresses in the surrounding zirconium matrix are sufficient to recover internal stresses within hydrides, further validating the measured values.

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PMID42834035
PMCPMC13638986

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