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Assessment of existing Sierra/Fuego capabilities related to grid-to-rod-fretting (GTRF).
Turner, Daniel Zack ; Rodriguez, Salvador B.
Sandia National Laboratories
关键词: Efficiency;    Vanes;    Heat Transfer;    Spacers;    Simulation;   
DOI  :  10.2172/1039399
RP-ID  :  SAND2012-0530
RP-ID  :  AC04-94AL85000
RP-ID  :  1039399
美国|英语
来源: UNT Digital Library
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【 摘 要 】

The following report presents an assessment of existing capabilities in Sierra/Fuego applied to modeling several aspects of grid-to-rod-fretting (GTRF) including: fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and fluid-structure interaction. We compare the results of a number of Fuego simulations with relevant sources in the literature to evaluate the accuracy, efficiency, and robustness of using Fuego to model the aforementioned aspects. Comparisons between flow domains that include the full fuel rod length vs. a subsection of the domain near the spacer show that tremendous efficiency gains can be obtained by truncating the domain without loss of accuracy. Thermal analysis reveals the extent to which heat transfer from the fuel rods to the coolant is improved by the swirling flow created by the mixing vanes. Lastly, coupled fluid-structure interaction analysis shows that the vibrational modes of the fuel rods filter out high frequency turbulent pressure fluctuations. In general, these results allude to interesting phenomena for which further investigation could be quite fruitful.

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