Preliminary design analysis workflow for Division 5 HHA-3200 requirements for graphite core components

Nicolas, Andrea; Messner, Mark C.; Sham, T. -L.

doi:10.2172/1650571

Title: Preliminary design analysis workflow for Division 5 HHA-3200 requirements for graphite core components

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This report presents a design analysis workflow for graphite core components and assemblies, based on the design rules of ASME Boiler Pressure and Vessel Code, Section III, Division 5, Article HHA-3000. The workflow contains three stages: developing the design of the graphite core component, modeling the component with the finite element software MOOSE, and assessing if the component passes/fails the criteria of the HHA-3000 design rules. Since the design rules use probabilistic metrics specifically established to evaluate brittle materials, we developed a python library that performs all the statistical calculations necessary for the evaluations of the HHA-3000 criteria.

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Nicolas, Andrea ^[1]; Messner, Mark C. ^[1]; Sham, T. -L. ^[1]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Publication Date:: 2020-08-13

Research Org.:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Reactor Fleet and Advanced Reactor Development. Office of Nuclear Energy Technologies

OSTI Identifier:: 1650571

Report Number(s):: ANL-ART-197
161661

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; ASME BPVC Section 3 Division 5; Graphite core components; MOOSE

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                    Nicolas, Andrea, Messner, Mark C., and Sham, T. -L.. Preliminary design analysis workflow for Division 5 HHA-3200 requirements for graphite core components.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Nicolas, Andrea, Messner, Mark C., and Sham, T. -L.. 2020.  
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