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Laboratory experiments with impacting fuel rods

Abstract

Vibration surveillance and diagnostics of fuel rods and fuel assemblies are important tasks in NPPs. Thus accurate knowledge of vibration phenomena and measurability is very important. Experimental results on models without limiter give good coincidence with theoretical calculations. Spectra measured on impacting rod become smoother with increasing impacting level. Spectra of fuel rods have a wider range in impacting rate and higher level of smoothing than spectra of model rod have. The impacting rate strongly depends on mechanical properties of the rod. By the experiments, one can state that as for Fourier spectra the only thing caused by the impacts is the smoothening. However, there is a chance to give faulty diagnosis by Fourier spectra only. Consequently, investigation of fuel rod vibration requires increased caution. (author) 4 refs.; 12 figs.; 1 tab.
Authors:
Publication Date:
Oct 01, 1994
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
KFKI-1994-16/G; CONF-9406113-
Reference Number:
SCA: 220300; PA: AIX-26:030346; EDB-95:050894; SN: 95001355194
Resource Relation:
Conference: 25. informal meeting on reactor noise,Raleigh, NC (United States),13-15 Jun 1994; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1994
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; FUEL RODS; IMPACT TESTS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUEL ELEMENT FAILURE; MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS; 220300; FUEL ELEMENTS
OSTI ID:
10129221
Research Organizations:
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest (Hungary). Central Research Inst. for Physics
Country of Origin:
Hungary
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE95621683; TRN: HU9517172030346
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
[14] p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 04, 2005

Citation Formats

Kiss, S, and Lipcsei, S. Laboratory experiments with impacting fuel rods. Hungary: N. p., 1994. Web.
Kiss, S, & Lipcsei, S. Laboratory experiments with impacting fuel rods. Hungary.
Kiss, S, and Lipcsei, S. 1994. "Laboratory experiments with impacting fuel rods." Hungary.
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title = {Laboratory experiments with impacting fuel rods}
author = {Kiss, S, and Lipcsei, S}
abstractNote = {Vibration surveillance and diagnostics of fuel rods and fuel assemblies are important tasks in NPPs. Thus accurate knowledge of vibration phenomena and measurability is very important. Experimental results on models without limiter give good coincidence with theoretical calculations. Spectra measured on impacting rod become smoother with increasing impacting level. Spectra of fuel rods have a wider range in impacting rate and higher level of smoothing than spectra of model rod have. The impacting rate strongly depends on mechanical properties of the rod. By the experiments, one can state that as for Fourier spectra the only thing caused by the impacts is the smoothening. However, there is a chance to give faulty diagnosis by Fourier spectra only. Consequently, investigation of fuel rod vibration requires increased caution. (author) 4 refs.; 12 figs.; 1 tab.}
place = {Hungary}
year = {1994}
month = {Oct}
}