Enabling Digital Image Correlation for Deployment in the Hot Fuels Examination Facility
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Digital image correlation (DIC) is a non-contact image-based technique for displacement and strain measurement. It is also a full-field method that can provide excellent spatial resolution. DIC has been widely used for measurements in many styles of mechanical tests and is desirable in part because of this flexibility to measure nearly any material across a range of time and length scales. Its ability to measure localized strain for tests and in environments not accessible to other strain measurement techniques makes it an ideal option for several mechanical test cases that exist in hot cell facilities such as the Hot Fuel Examination Facility (HFEF) at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). However, DIC has not been demonstrated at HFEF, and several barriers to implementation in the hot cell environment exist. This report outlines the possible paths for deploying DIC at HFEF, weighing the technical advantages and risks with each path. It also discusses the steps which must be taken to add this capability to the suite of post-irradiation examination (PIE) techniques available at HFEF. Finally, it concludes with recommendations for the best method to perform DIC at the facility.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-05ID14517
- OSTI ID:
- 2478514
- Report Number(s):
- INL/RPT--24-81118-Rev000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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