• Title of article

    Numericalinterpretationofthemara8experimentsimulatingahypotheticalcoredisruptiveaccidentOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    M.F.Robbe، نويسنده , , Michel Lepareux، نويسنده , , Y.Cariou، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    40
  • From page
    119
  • To page
    158
  • Abstract
    Inthecaseofahypotheticalcoredisruptiveaccident(HCDA)inaliquidmetalfastbreederreactor(LMFBR),itisassumedthatthecoreofthenuclearreactorhasmeltedpartiallyandthatthechemicalinteractionbetweenthemoltenfuelandtheliquidsodiumhascreatedahigh-pressuregasbubbleinthecore.Theviolentexpansionofthisbubbleloadsanddeformsthereactorvessel,thusendangeringthesafetyofthenuclearplant.Theexperimentaltestmara8simulatestheexplosivephenomenoninamock-upincludedinaflexiblevesselwithaflexibleroof.Thispaperpresentsanumericalsimulationofthetestandacomparisonofthecomputedresultswiththeexperimentalresultsandpreviousnumericalones.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    941279