CRITICAL VELOCITY OF "ZERO SHEAR" SINGLE FUEL PLATES

Technical Report · Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 1958

OSTI ID:4249936

Simon, R J

Tests were conducted in an attempt to check D. R. Miller's method of computing critical velocities for a flat plate assembly assuming fluid properties for the fuel. If fiuid properties are assumed for the fuel, it is necessary to assume the fuel canaot transmit shear loadings and is limited to compressive load transmission only. It is concluded that the test results and predicted results agree reasonably well, and until more test data are available, Miller's method of predicting collapse velocities of flat plate subassemblies will give values of collapse velocities that are the minimum values at which collapse can be expected to occur. (auth)

• Research Organization: Knolls Atomic Power Lab., Schenectady, N.Y.
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-52
• NSA Number: NSA-13-011174
• OSTI ID: 4249936
• Report Number(s): KAPL-M-RXS-1
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

METALLURGY AND CERAMICS
COMPUTERS
CRITICAL VELOCITY
CRITICALITY
FLUID FLOW
FUEL ELEMENTS
PLATES
PRESSURE
TENSILE PROPERTIES
TESTING
TURBULENCE
VELOCITY