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Flow-induced plastic collapse of stacked fuel plates

Abstract

Flow-induced plastic collapse of stacked fuel plate assemblies was first noted in experimental reactors such as the ORNL High Flux Reactor Assembly and the Engineering Test Reactor (ETR). The ETR assembly is a stack of 19 thin flat rectangular fuel plates separated by narrow channels through which a coolant flows to remove the heat generated by fission of the fuel within the plates. The uranium alloyed plates have been noted to buckle laterally and plastically collapse at the system design coolant flow rate of 10.7 m/s, thus restricting the coolant flow through adjacent channels. A methodology and criterion are developed for predicting the plastic collapse of ETR fuel plates. The criterion is compared to some experimental results and the Miller critical velocity theory.
Publication Date:
Mar 01, 1985
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
AIX-17-036903; EDB-86-101190
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Nucl. Eng. Des.; (Netherlands); Journal Volume: 85:2
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; FUEL PLATES; FLOW STRESS; MATERIAL BUCKLING; PLASTICITY; COOLING SYSTEMS; ETR REACTOR; URANIUM ALLOYS; ACTINIDE ALLOYS; ALLOYS; BUCKLING; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FUEL ELEMENTS; IRRADIATION REACTORS; ISOTOPE PRODUCTION REACTORS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; STRESSES; TANK TYPE REACTORS; TEST REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; 220600* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Research, Test & Experimental Reactors
OSTI ID:
5902633
Research Organizations:
Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA. Coll. of Engineering and Architecture; Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY, USA. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering and Mechanics
Country of Origin:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: NEDEA
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
Pages: 193-200
Announcement Date:
May 01, 1986

Citation Formats

Davis, D C, and Scarton, H A. Flow-induced plastic collapse of stacked fuel plates. Netherlands: N. p., 1985. Web.
Davis, D C, & Scarton, H A. Flow-induced plastic collapse of stacked fuel plates. Netherlands.
Davis, D C, and Scarton, H A. 1985. "Flow-induced plastic collapse of stacked fuel plates." Netherlands.
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title = {Flow-induced plastic collapse of stacked fuel plates}
author = {Davis, D C, and Scarton, H A}
abstractNote = {Flow-induced plastic collapse of stacked fuel plate assemblies was first noted in experimental reactors such as the ORNL High Flux Reactor Assembly and the Engineering Test Reactor (ETR). The ETR assembly is a stack of 19 thin flat rectangular fuel plates separated by narrow channels through which a coolant flows to remove the heat generated by fission of the fuel within the plates. The uranium alloyed plates have been noted to buckle laterally and plastically collapse at the system design coolant flow rate of 10.7 m/s, thus restricting the coolant flow through adjacent channels. A methodology and criterion are developed for predicting the plastic collapse of ETR fuel plates. The criterion is compared to some experimental results and the Miller critical velocity theory.}
journal = []
volume = {85:2}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Netherlands}
year = {1985}
month = {Mar}
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