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Title:
THE BURSTING TEST METHOD AND ITS APPLICATION IN TESTING HAPO URANIUM FUEL ELEMENTS
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
300 AreaDESTRUCTIVE TESTINGFuel FabricationFuels and Materials EngineeringSLUGS (HOLLOW) - PRESSURE EFFECTSURANIUM - MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1954 Dec 30
Declassification Date:
1992 Jul 31
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
32
Accession Number:
RL-1-360966
Document Number(s):
HW-33466
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Jan 09
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Jul 09
Description/Abstract:
TO EVALUATE THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF VARIOUS FUEL ELEMENT MATERIALS IN THEIR PRODUCTION CONFIGURATION AND DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF ANY MATERIAL IMPERFECTION ON THES PROPERTIES, THE BURSTING TEST WAS INITIATED. INTERNAL PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE INTERIOR OF CORED FUEL ELEMENTS BY APPLICATION OF LOAD TO A CENTER CORE OF PB. THE PB UNDER PRESSURE FLOWS PLASTICALLY AND TRANSMITS THE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE WALL OF THE SPECIMEN. SPECIMEN DEFORMATION READINGS ARE TAKEN DURING THE TEST. THE DATA OBTAINED ARE USED TO INTERPRET THE TYPE AND EVALUATE THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL BEING TESTED.