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Title: Modeling considerations for the analysis of LMFBR steam generator tube clamps

Abstract

In the design of the Babcock and Wilcox Helical Coil Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) Steam Generator, the tube bundle is connected to the feedwater and steam plenums via ''inlet/outlet tubes''. Of prime importance in the design of these tubes is the tube-to-tube and tube-to-shell clamps which are provided to prevent detrimental vibration. This paper presents a method of modeling the tube-to-tube clamps to accurately predict tube-to-clamp interaction in the finite element analysis. It also demonstrates the validity of specific modeling assumptions in determining stresses in the clamp assembly.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Babcock and Wilcox, Barberton, OH
OSTI Identifier:
5453787
Report Number(s):
CONF-821018-
Journal ID: CODEN: ASMSA; TRN: 84-003763
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-77ET37209
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., (Pap.); (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 82-JPGC-NE-9; Conference: IEEE/ASME/ASCE joint power generation conference, Denver, CO, USA, 17 Oct 1982
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; STEAM GENERATORS; FASTENERS; TUBES; DESIGN; FEEDWATER; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS; SHELLS; STRESSES; BOILERS; BREEDER REACTORS; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; REACTORS; VAPOR GENERATORS; WATER; 210500* - Power Reactors, Breeding

Citation Formats

Lay, D M, and Piper, R M. Modeling considerations for the analysis of LMFBR steam generator tube clamps. United States: N. p., 1982. Web.
Lay, D M, & Piper, R M. Modeling considerations for the analysis of LMFBR steam generator tube clamps. United States.
Lay, D M, and Piper, R M. 1982. "Modeling considerations for the analysis of LMFBR steam generator tube clamps". United States.
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title = {Modeling considerations for the analysis of LMFBR steam generator tube clamps},
author = {Lay, D M and Piper, R M},
abstractNote = {In the design of the Babcock and Wilcox Helical Coil Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) Steam Generator, the tube bundle is connected to the feedwater and steam plenums via ''inlet/outlet tubes''. Of prime importance in the design of these tubes is the tube-to-tube and tube-to-shell clamps which are provided to prevent detrimental vibration. This paper presents a method of modeling the tube-to-tube clamps to accurately predict tube-to-clamp interaction in the finite element analysis. It also demonstrates the validity of specific modeling assumptions in determining stresses in the clamp assembly.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5453787}, journal = {Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., (Pap.); (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 82-JPGC-NE-9,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982},
month = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982}
}

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