The invention relates to a method for predicting
creep properties of
oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) steel under high-temperature and high-
irradiation conditions. A complex
crystal plasticity constitutive model is developed and used for accurately predicting the performance of the ODS steel in the aspects of
irradiation hardening and
creep behaviors, and the model incorporates space distribution of holes and oxides. The developed model is highly matched with experimental data under different temperatures and
irradiation doses, and shows strong robustness. Along with the increase of the irradiation
dose, the yield stress of the irradiated ODS steel is also increased. The yield strength of the ODS steel and the irradiation
dose are in a
linear relation, and the yield strength is increased along with the increase of the irradiation
dose at first and then decreased. The
cavity size is stably increased, and the cavity spacing is increased after the initial reduction. Therefore, the cavity
hardening effect is gradually weakened after the initial enhancement. On the contrary, along with the rise of the irradiation temperature, the yield strength is reduced, which is caused by the enlargement of the void spacing at a higher temperature. And the
nonlinear correlation between the
creep rate of the irradiated ODS steel and the irradiation dose is obtained. The creep property of the ODS steel irradiated at a low dosage or a
high dosage is relatively poor, and the ODS steel shows a high
creep rate under low applied stress. On the contrary, under the medium dosage, due to the fact that the number of irradiation holes is small and the strength of
oxide particles is high, the creep property is better. And the spherical void shows better creep resistance, and the influence of void spacing on the creep performance is more obvious than that of void size. Under low dosage and
high dosage, the creep property is reduced along with the rise of irradiation temperature, and in addition, under lower dosage, the influence of the irradiation temperature on the creep property is not obvious as under higher dosage. The invention provides an efficient theoretical method for accurately evaluating the irradiation performance of the ODS steel in a complex environment.