Nuclear engineering researchers revealed fundamentals
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - 04:00
in Physics & Chemistry
The radiation materials science group at the Texas A&M University led by Dr. Lin Shao, associate professor of nuclear engineering, has made great progress toward understanding the fundamentals of defects in nuclear materials. By using molecular dynamics simulation and the supercomputer facility on campus, the team found a unique mechanism for how grain boundaries in metals remove defects. The knowledge can explain why some alloy structures are better than others for self-repairing of neutron-induced damage in reactor environments.