Simulations of coupled heat transport, oxygen diffusion, and thermal expansion in UO2 nuclear fuel elements

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 394, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 182-189

  Mihaila, Bogdan ^a   Stan, Marius ^a   Ramirez, Juan ^b   Zubelewicz, Alek ^a   Cristea, Petrica ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUES; COUPLED HEAT; COUPLED PHENOMENA; COUPLED SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FUEL ELEMENTS; OXYGEN CONTENT; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN DISTRIBUTION; POWER DENSITIES; RADIAL DEFORMATION; SUDDEN CHANGE; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMAL TRANSPORT; TIME-DEPENDENT; VARIABLE TEMPERATURE;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DIFFUSION IN GASES; FUELS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENTS; OXYGEN; SIMULATORS; STAINLESS STEEL; THERMAL STRESS;

THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 71849102690     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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