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An assessment of describing function methods applied to reactor fuel performance analysis

Creator:

Nielsen, Larry H.

Abstract:

Large digital computer reactor fuel performance codes perform repeated calculations of temperature profiles during transients. The thermal response is required to calculate the mechanical behavior. This mechanical response in turn feeds back to the thermal calculations through mechanisms such as fuel swelling or shrinking, causing changes in the fuel-clad gap...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis