• Title of article

    VibrationanalysisofadummyfuelrodcontinuouslysupportedbyspacergridsOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    M.HChoi، نويسنده , , H.SKang، نويسنده , , Myung-Hyoon Kim، نويسنده , , K.NSong، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
  • Pages
    12
  • From page
    185
  • To page
    196
  • Abstract
    Thefuelrodsinthepressurizedwaterreactorarecontinuouslysupportedbyaspringsystemcalledaspacergrid(SG),whichisoneofthemainstructuralcomponentsforthefuelrodcluster(fuelassembly).Thefuelrodshaveavibrationbehaviorwithinthereactorduetocoolantflow.Sincethevibration,whichiscalledflow-inducedvibration,canwearawaythesurfaceofthefuelrod,itisimportanttounderstanditsvibrationcharacteristics.Inthispaper,amodaltestingandafiniteelement(FE)analysisusingABAQUSonadummyfuelrodcontinuouslysupportedbyOptimizedHType(OHT)andNewDoublet(ND)spacergridsareperformedtoobtainthevibrationcharacteristicssuchasnaturalfrequenciesandmodeshapesandtoverifytheFEmodelused.TheresultsfromthetestandtheFEanalysisarecomparedaccordingtomodalassurancecriteriavalues.ThenaturalfrequencydifferencesbetweenthetwomethodsaswellasthemodecomparisonresultsfortherodwiththeOHTSGarebetterthanthosewiththeNDSG.Thatis,inthecaseoftheNDgridmodelusingbeam-springelements,therewasalargediscrepancybetweenthetwomethods.Thus,wetriedtomodifytheFEmodelfortheNDSGconsideringthecontactphenomenabetweenthefuelrodandtheSG.Theresultsofthenewmodelshowedagoodagreementwiththeexperimentcomparedwiththoseofabeam-springmodel.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2004
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894789