Development of Cone Wedge Ring Expansion Test to Evaluate Mechanical Properties of Clad Tubing Structure
Abstract
To determine the hoop tensile properties of irradiated fuel cladding in a hot cell, a cone wedge ring expansion test method was developed. A four-piece wedge insert was designed with tapered angles matched to the cone shape of a loading piston. The ring specimen was expanded in the radial direction by the lateral expansion of the wedges under the downward movement of the piston. The advantages of the proposed method are that implementation of the test setup in a hot cell is simple and easy, and that it enables a direct strain measurement of the test specimen from the piston’s vertical displacement soon after the wedge-clad contact resistance is initiated.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Temperature Materials Lab. (HTML)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1329134
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM-2016/279
DN3003010; MDGA507
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; hoop strength; clad tubing strength; expansion wedge; transverse tensile testing; spent nuclear fuel
Citation Formats
Wang, Jy-An John. Development of Cone Wedge Ring Expansion Test to Evaluate Mechanical Properties of Clad Tubing Structure. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.2172/1329134.
Wang, Jy-An John. Development of Cone Wedge Ring Expansion Test to Evaluate Mechanical Properties of Clad Tubing Structure. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1329134
Wang, Jy-An John. 2016.
"Development of Cone Wedge Ring Expansion Test to Evaluate Mechanical Properties of Clad Tubing Structure". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1329134. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1329134.
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title = {Development of Cone Wedge Ring Expansion Test to Evaluate Mechanical Properties of Clad Tubing Structure},
author = {Wang, Jy-An John},
abstractNote = {To determine the hoop tensile properties of irradiated fuel cladding in a hot cell, a cone wedge ring expansion test method was developed. A four-piece wedge insert was designed with tapered angles matched to the cone shape of a loading piston. The ring specimen was expanded in the radial direction by the lateral expansion of the wedges under the downward movement of the piston. The advantages of the proposed method are that implementation of the test setup in a hot cell is simple and easy, and that it enables a direct strain measurement of the test specimen from the piston’s vertical displacement soon after the wedge-clad contact resistance is initiated.},
doi = {10.2172/1329134},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1329134},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
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