Development and Validation of an LS-DYNA Model for Simulating Vertical Drop Test of a Nuclear Fuel Shipping Package

Autor: Brian E Hempy, W. Zhao, R. Rochow, J. Liu, W. Stilwell
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: 18th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering: Volume 5.
DOI: 10.1115/icone18-29313
Popis: To meet shipping package safety requirements for transporting fresh nuclear fuel assemblies, structural performance of the shipping package under hypothetical accident conditions must be evaluated and demonstrated to have adequate protection to the fuel assembly it transports. To efficiently evaluate design changes in the shipping package, a simplified finite element model for the shipping package and fuel assembly has been developed using LS-DYNA. The paper describes the development and validation of the finite element model, along with a few design analysis examples to illustrate its usefulness.Copyright © 2010 by ASME
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