Modelling of Nuclear Fuel Behaviour

Importance of Fuel Performance Modelling

72 Seiten

2011
Dictus Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-8443-6523-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The present document contains the lecture notes of P. Van Uffelen for his presentation in the session Fuel Development needs of the 2006 Frédéric Joliot & Otto Hahn Summer School on Nuclear Reactors - Physics, Fuels and Systems organised from 23rd August until 1st September 2006 in Cadarache (France). In order to ensure the safe and economic operation of fuel rods, it is necessary to be able to predict their behaviour and life-time. The accurate description of the fuel rod s behaviour, however, involves various disciplines such as nuclear and solid state physics, metallurgy, ceramics, applied mechanics and the thermal heat transfer. The strong interrelationship of these disciplines calls for the development of computer codes describing the general fuel behaviour. Fuel designers and safety authorities rely heavily on this type of codes since they require minimal costs in comparison with the costs of an experiment or an unexpected fuel rod failure.

Produkt-Details

• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Schlagworte: Kernenergie
• ISBN-10: 3-8443-6523-0 / 3844365230
• ISBN-13: 978-3-8443-6523-8 / 9783844365238
• Zustand: Neuware