Title of article
Anewapproachtodesigningreducedscalethermal-hydraulicexperimentsOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors
CelsoM.FLapa، نويسنده , , PauloA.BdeSampaio، نويسنده , , Cl?udioM.N.APereira، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
Pages
8
From page
205
To page
212
Abstract
Reducedscaleexperimentsareoftenemployedinengineeringbecausetheyaremuchcheaperthanrealscaletesting.Unfortunately,though,itisdifficulttodesignathermal-hydrauliccircuitorequipmentinreducedscalecapableofreproducing,bothaccuratelyandsimultaneously,allthephysicalphenomenathatoccurinrealscaleandoperatingconditions.Thispaperpresentsamethodologytodesigningthermal-hydraulicexperimentsinreducedscalebasedonsettingupaconstrainedoptimizationproblemthatissolvedusinggeneticalgorithms(GAs).Inordertodemonstratetheapplicationofthemethodologyproposed,weperformedsomeinvestigationsinthedesignofaheateraimedtosimulatethetransportofheatandmomentuminthecoreofapressurizedwaterreactor(PWR)at100%ofnominalpowerandnon-accidentoperatingconditions.Theresultsobtainedshowthattheproposedmethodologyisapromisingapproachfordesigningreducedscaleexperiments.
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year
2004
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number
894712
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