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Title: Design optimization analysis of the new SPR III-M reactor

Abstract

This report discusses the finite element method analysis which was used to refine the SPR III-M reactor fuel assembly mechanical design to withstand the stresses and strains of pulse-mode operation, which induces thermal shock loading in the fuel assembly components. The original reactor design was analyzed for its structural response to separate pulses at increasingly severe levels. Subsequent calculations at one consistent pulse level examined several design modifications, which will result in a significant reduction in stress in the final design.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10120726
Report Number(s):
SAND-93-1925C; CONF-940407-5
ON: DE94006373; BR: GB0103012; TRN: 94:005545
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Topical meeting on advances in reactor physics,Knoxville, TN (United States),11-14 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; PULSED REACTORS; DESIGN; STRESS ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SANDIA LABORATORIES; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; MODIFICATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; J CODES; P CODES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; THERMAL SHOCK; 220600; 990200; RESEARCH, TEST, TRAINING, PRODUCTION, IRRADIATION, MATERIALS TESTING REACTORS; MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS

Citation Formats

Miller, J D. Design optimization analysis of the new SPR III-M reactor. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
Miller, J D. Design optimization analysis of the new SPR III-M reactor. United States.
Miller, J D. 1993. "Design optimization analysis of the new SPR III-M reactor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10120726.
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year = {Fri Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1993},
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