• Title of article

    FiniteelementanalysisoftheoptimizedHtypegridspringbyusinggapelementsOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    KangSooKim، نويسنده , , KyungHoYoon، نويسنده , , KeeNamSong، نويسنده , , KeunBaePark، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    2239
  • To page
    2244
  • Abstract
    TheoptimizedHtypegridspringofanewdesignfortheZirconiumalloyspacergridsforanadvancedLWRfuelassemblyisdeveloped.Characterizationtestsareconductedforthisspringandtheloadvs.displacementcurveofthespringcharacteristicsisobtained.Also,fourFEMmodels,whichconsistedoftwo5×5cellmodels,one6×9cellmodelandone8×9cellmodel,weredevelopedbytheIDEAScodeandtheywereanalyzedbytheABAQUScodeinordertosimulatethenewlydesignedspringcharacteristics.TheresultsoftheFEanalysisarecomparedwiththoseofthespringcharacterizationtestandthefollowingconclusionswereobtained.First,sinceamodelwhichincludesalotofcellsbelowthelocationoftheappliedloadhasmanygapsduetomoreslits,thespringcharacteristicsofthemodelaremoreflexible.Second,amongthefourFEMmodels,theresultofthe5×5cellmodelappliedtothedisplacementloadatthetopofthemodelwasingoodagreementwiththetestresult.Therefore,whenanewlydesignedspringforaspacergridassemblyisdeveloped,itsspringcharacteristicscanbeestimatedbyananalysiswithanappropriateFEMmodelwithoutthespringcharacterizationtest.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    895179