Pressure pulse on a subassembly wall due to gas release from a failed fuel pin
| Autor: | G.H. Golden, A.M. Judd, J.F. Koenig, L.K. Chang |
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| Rok vydání: | 1974 |
| Předmět: |
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Materials science business.industry Mechanical Engineering Mechanics Structural engineering Conservative vector field Plenum space Coolant Cylinder (engine) law.invention Physics::Fluid Dynamics Nuclear Energy and Engineering Inviscid flow Incompressible flow law Compressibility General Materials Science Tube (fluid conveyance) Safety Risk Reliability and Quality business Waste Management and Disposal Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics |
| Zdroj: | Nuclear Engineering and Design. 31:72-76 |
| ISSN: | 0029-5493 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0029-5493(74)90135-6 |
| Popis: | This paper presents a mathematical model to predict the pressure pulse on a subassembly of fuel pins due to rapid release of gas from a failed pin into liquid coolant between the pins. The subassembly is simulated by a rigid circular tube, and liquid flow inside the tube is assumed incompressible, inviscid, and irrotational. A gas bubble along the centerline of the subassembly is considered to be formed as a result of the gas release from the plenum, and a pressure pulse on the subassembly wall is a consequence of the liquid being accelerated by the gas bubble. It is assumed that the gas bubble grows spherically until it touches the subassembly wall, and then expands as a cylinder with hemispherical ends. This analysis is particularly applicable to the EBR-II reactor. |
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