Multidimensional multiphysics simulation of nuclear fuel behavior

RL Williamson, JD Hales, SR Novascone… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2012 - Elsevier
Nuclear fuel operates in an environment that induces complex multiphysics phenomena,
occurring over distances ranging from inter-atomic spacing to meters, and times scales …

Modeling and simulation of nuclear fuel materials

R Devanathan, L Van Brutzel, A Chartier… - Energy & …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
We review the state of modeling and simulation of nuclear fuels with emphasis on the most
widely used nuclear fuel, UO2. The hierarchical scheme presented represents a science …

Multiphysics coupled modeling of light water reactor fuel performance

R Liu, A Prudil, W Zhou, PK Chan - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
A fuel performance code for light water reactors called CityU Advanced Multiphysics Nuclear
Fuels Performance with User-defined Simulations (CAMPUS) was developed. The CAMPUS …

MARGARET: A comprehensive code for the description of fission gas behavior

L Noirot - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2011 - Elsevier
The relevant phenomena concerning stable-fission gas behavior in nuclear fuels are
combined in a single model: MARGARET. This same tool can be used for base irradiations …

Enhancing the ABAQUS thermomechanics code to simulate multipellet steady and transient LWR fuel rod behavior

RL Williamson - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2011 - Elsevier
A powerful multidimensional fuels performance analysis capability, applicable to both steady
and transient fuel behavior, is developed based on enhancements to the commercially …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of ballooning and burst for nuclear fuel cladding with anisotropic creep modeling during Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA)

J Kim, JW Yoon, H Kim, SU Lee - Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, a multi-physics modeling method was developed to analyze a nuclear fuel rod's
thermo-mechanical behavior especially for high temperature anisotropic creep deformation …

Fully coupled multiphysics modeling of enhanced thermal conductivity UO2–BeO fuel performance in a light water reactor

R Liu, W Zhou, P Shen, A Prudil, PK Chan - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Commercial light water reactor fuel UO 2 has a low thermal conductivity that leads to the
development of a large temperature gradient across the fuel pellet, limiting the reactor …

Measurement of Zircaloy-4 cladding tube deformation using a three-dimensional digital image correlation system with internal transient heating and pressurization

DH Kim, GH Choi, H Kim, C Lee, SU Lee… - … Engineering and Design, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, multi-dimensional (Multi-D) deformation of a Zircaloy-4 cladding tube under
internal transient heating and pressurization conditions was measured by experimental …

Calculation of threshold displacement energies in UO2

B Dacus, B Beeler, D Schwen - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite the extensive utilization of uranium dioxide (UO 2) as a fuel in commercial nuclear
reactors, there is only minimal information regarding the fundamental nature of radiation …

A parallel multi-domain solution methodology applied to nonlinear thermal transport problems in nuclear fuel pins

B Philip, MA Berrill, S Allu, SP Hamilton… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper describes an efficient and nonlinearly consistent parallel solution methodology
for solving coupled nonlinear thermal transport problems that occur in nuclear reactor …