FRAPCON2; FRAP-S3; FRAP-S1; steady state analysis oxide fuel rods. [CDC CYBER175,176; CDC7600; IBM360,370; FORTRAN IV (CDC CYBER175,176 and CDC7600), FORTRAN IV (85%) and BAL (15%) (IBM360)]
FRAPCON2 is the most recent in the FRAPCON series of fuel rod response modeling programs. The FRAPCON series, like the earlier FRAP-S and GAPCON-THERMAL codes, is designed to predict the steady-state long-term burnup response of oxide fuel rods in light water reactors (LWRs). In addition, these codes generate the initial conditions for transient fuel rod analysis by the FRAP-T or RELAP programs. FRAPCON2 calculates the temperature, pressure, deformation, and failure histories of a fuel rod as functions of time-dependent fuel rod power and coolant boundary conditions. The phenomena modeled by the code include heat conduction through the fuel and cladding, cladding elastic and plastic deformation, fuel-cladding mechanical interaction, fission gas release, fuel rod internal gas pressure, heat transfer between fuel and cladding, cladding oxidation, and heat transfer from cladding to coolant. Material properties, water properties, and heat transfer correlation data are included. The FRAPCON series differs mainly from the earlier FRAP-S3 code in three respects. A different and more versatile temperature subcode, a dynamic dimensioning scheme, and more detailed modeling of the thermal and mechanical effects of fuel relocation are included in FRAPCON2. Other improvements include the addition of three advanced mechanics options, four fission gas release options, and an uncertainty analysis option.CDC CYBER175,176;CDC7600;IBM360,370; FORTRAN IV (CDC CYBER175,176 and CDC7600), FORTRAN IV (85%) and BAL (15%) (IBM360); NOS (CDC CYBER175,176), NOS/BE, SCOPE (CDC7600), and OS/360 (IBM360); 300,000 (octal) words of storage are required for FRAPCON2 (CDC CYBER175,176); 143,000 (octal) words of storage are required for FRAP-S3 (CDC7600); and 260K bytes of memory are required for execution of FRAP-S1 (IBM360).
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6346728
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/NESC-694; ON: DE83048694
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: FRAPCON2 and the FRAP-S series are limited to single-rod analysis with 11 radial nodes. FRAPCON2 allows a maximum of 19 axial nodes and a maximum of 100 power time steps
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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