온도 및 연신율변화 (strain-rate change)가 $alpha$-uranium의 변형거동에 미치는 영향을 30$0^{circ}C$에서 55$0^{circ}C$까지 연구하였으며, strain rate sensitivity, activation volume, strain rate sensitivity exponent 및 dislocation velocity exponent을 조사하였다. 40$0^{circ}C$이하에서 strain rate sensitivity exponent는 strain의 증가에 따라 증가하였으나 50$0^{circ}C$이상에서는 strain의 증가에 따라 감소하는 경향을 나타냈다. 40$0^{circ}C$이하에서는 strain에 의해 생기는 가공경화로 인한 내부 용력의 증가가 strain rate sensitivity exponent에 영향을 미치나 50$0^{circ}C$이상에서는 많은 slip system이 변형에 기여하게 되므로 가공경화 보다는 thermal softening이 더 큰 영향을 미쳐서 strain rate sensitivity가 감소된다고 추측된다.
The effect of temperature and strain rate on the deformation behavior of $alpha$-uranium was investigated in the temperature ranged 300$^{circ}$ to 55$0^{circ}C$ by strain, rate change test. Strain rate sensitivity, activation volume, strain rate sensitivity exponent and dislocation velocity exponent were determined. The strain rate sensitivity exponent and dislocation velocity exponent were determined. The strain rate sensitivity exponent increases with strain below 40$0^{circ}C$, while the exponent decreases with strain above 50$0^{circ}C$. It is believed that the increase of strain rate sensitivity exponent with strain below 40$0^{circ}C$ can be attributed to an increase in internal stress as a result of work hardening while decrease of the exponent with strain above 50$0^{circ}C$ is due to predominance of thermal softening over work hardening because more slip, system are active in deformation above about 50$0^{circ}C$.
