Title of article :
AssessmentoftheloadsonasolidcentrereflectorofaPebbleBedReactorusingDEMtechniquesOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors :
MarkN.Mitchell، نويسنده , , AlexanderG.Polson، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
Pages :
9
From page :
1332
To page :
1340
Abstract :
DistinctElementMethod(DEM)techniquesarecommonlyusedinthesimulationofgeotechnicalproblems.Thesetechniquessimulateasystemofparticlesbyexplicitlymodellingtheparticlesandtheinteractionbetweentheseparticles. AnewapplicationofthesetechniquesisthesimulationofthemotionoffuelelementsandtheinteractionofthefuelelementsandthereflectorstructuresinaPebbleBedReactor(PBR). ThePebbleBedModularReactor(PBMR)isaHighTemperatureGasCooledReactorthatisbeingdesigned(andsoontobeconstructed)inSouthAfrica.Thisreactormakesuseofasolidcentrereflector.Itisimportanttoillustratetheeffectofthepebblebedontheloadingofthisreflectortoshowthatthereflectorwillbeabletoperformitsrequiredfunctionswithsufficientreliability. ThispaperconcernstheapplicationofaDEMtechniquetotheassessmentoftheloadsthatareexperiencedbythecentrereflectorofthe400MWth(thermal)PBMRcoreaswellastheassessmentofthereliabilityofthecentrereflectorwhensubjecttothisloading
Journal title :
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year :
2007
Journal title :
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number :
941393
Link To Document :
https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=10&DC=941393
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