Flow-induced vibration for light water reactors. Progress report, January-June 1980

Technical Report · Sun Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5827256

De Coster, M A

Flow-Induced Vibration for Light Water Reactors (FIV for LWRs) is a four-year program designed to improve the FIV performance of light water reactors through the development of design criteria, analytical models for predicting behavior of components, general scaling laws to improve the accuracy of reduced-scale tests, and the identification of high FIV risk areas. The program is managed by the General Electric Nuclear Power Systems Engineering Department and has three major contributors: General Electric Nuclear Power Systems Engineering Department (NPSED), General Electric Corporate Research and Development (CR and D) and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). The program commenced December 1, 1976, but was suspended on September 30, 1978, due to a shift in Department of Energy (DOE) priorities away from LWR productivity/availability. It was reinitiated as of August 1, 1979. A second program suspension occurred from March 29, 1980 through May 16, 1980, due to funding limits. This progress report summarizes the accomplishments achieved during the period from Janury 1980 to June 1980.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., San Jose, CA (USA). Nuclear Energy Engineering Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-77ET34209
• OSTI ID: 5827256
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/34209-16; GEAP-24926; ON: DE86011799
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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