Abstract
Inconsistencies in ring-pull testing methods for thin-walled tubes make it difficult to compare a material's mechanical properties in the hoop direction presented in past publications. The effect of test setup, specifically mandrel diameter, was investigated for nuclear fuel cladding tubes of the iron-chromium-aluminium (FeCrAl) alloy, C26M (Fe-12Cr-6Al-2Mo). Mandrel diameter for ring-pull testing can change how the ring deforms and friction effects, further convoluting the results from testing. To address the impact of mandrel size in relation to ring diameter, gaugeless ring-pull samples were tested across a range of mandrel diameters and compared to uniaxial tensile tests from the same tube of material. Two groups of samples were tested: an as-received, low ductility sample set and an annealed, high ductility sample set, both cut from the same extruded tube. By pairing systematic variation of mandrel geometry with analysis of local strain gradients using digital image correlation, this study investigates the effect of test fixture geometry on apparent mechanical properties and effective strain fields and provides guidance for comparing previously published data. Certain features in uniaxial stress-strain curves (namely the yield strength, ultimate tensile strength, and uniform elongation) appeared to have analogies in the effective stress-strain curves from ring-pull testing. These corresponding features are compared to expose biases in the analysis of material properties using gaugeless ring-pull and to provide novel guidance on test setup during experimental design.
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