On the Steady Mechanical Response of a Heterogeneous Fuel Plate

An exact solution for a heterogeneous, discontinuous wide beam is developed herein having three unique boundary condition (BC) sets. These BC sets were chosen based on their relevance to plate-type-fueled reactors. This solution, with respective BC sets, contributes new insights into the field of en...

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Published inNuclear technology Vol. 190; no. 3; pp. 359 - 375
Main Authors Marcum, W. R., Holschuh, T. V., Howard, T. K.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Taylor & Francis 01.06.2015
Taylor & Francis - formerly American Nuclear Society (ANS)
Subjects
Deflection
ENGINEERING
Exact solutions
Fuels
Hereogeneous
HPRR
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical models
Monolithic
Nuclear engineering
NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
Nuclear reactor components
Nuclear reactors
RERTR
wide-beam
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Summary:An exact solution for a heterogeneous, discontinuous wide beam is developed herein having three unique boundary condition (BC) sets. These BC sets were chosen based on their relevance to plate-type-fueled reactors. This solution, with respective BC sets, contributes new insights into the field of engineering mechanics as applied within the nuclear engineering discipline. Herein, the exact solution is validated under a set of test cases. A comparison is then made against other relations that have been developed to provide similar engineering insights. Last, the solution is applied toward a presently relevant engineering problem regarding the design of a monolithic plate-type fuel. The outcome of this work provides a solution form for the computation of out-of-plane deflection of a heterogeneous, discontinuous wide beam that can be easily applied in engineering mechanics and is flexible in use.
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INL/JOU-14-32301
AC07-05ID14517
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (NA-20)
ISSN:0029-5450
1943-7471
DOI:10.13182/NT14-61