Interfacing VPSC with finite element codes. Demonstration of irradiation growth simulation in a cladding tube

Patra, Anirban¹  Tome, Carlos¹ 

[1] Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

关键词: FUEL CANS;    FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;    COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION;    IRRADIATION;    ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;    ACCURACY;    BENCHMARKS;    DEFORMATION;    PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS;    V CODES;    A;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1244382
RP-ID  :  LA-UR--16-21960
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1244382
Others  :  TRN: US1601043

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This Milestone report shows good progress in interfacing VPSC with the FE codes ABAQUS and MOOSE, to perform component-level simulations of irradiation-induced deformation in Zirconium alloys. In this preliminary application, we have performed an irradiation growth simulation in the quarter geometry of a cladding tube. We have benchmarked VPSC-ABAQUS and VPSC-MOOSE predictions with VPSC-SA predictions to verify the accuracy of the VPSCFE interface. Predictions from the FE simulations are in general agreement with VPSC-SA simulations and also with experimental trends.