Title of article
Multi-pinmodellingofPWRfuelpinballooningduringpost-LOCArefloodOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors
L.Ammirabile، نويسنده , , S.P.Walker، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
Pages
11
From page
1448
To page
1458
Abstract
Experimentsinvestigatingpost-LOCArefloodgenerallyindicatelittlecoherencetofuelpinballooning,andanabsenceofsignificantblockagesandun-coolableregionsofthecore.Computationalmodellingisunabletopredictthis;theusual‘representativepin’modelsneithertakeintoaccounttheheterogeneityofthecore,norincorporatethedynamiccouplingbetweenthechangingcoregeometry,andtheflowpathstakenbythecoolant.Inthispaperwepresentacompositemodel,abletotreatdistinctpinsmechanistically,andabletoincorporatetheir(distinct)swellingbehaviourintothethermal–hydraulicmodelofthereflood,allowingthecoolingofapintobedirectlyaffectedbythedeformationofitselfanditsneighbours.
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year
2008
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number
895103
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