1963•OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)Requires access
THE ELASTOPLASTIC THERMAL BOWING OF NUCLEAR FUEL PINS. APPROXIMATE EQUATIONS FOR THE RAPID CALCULATION OF BOWING CHARACTERISTICS OF PINS RESTRAINED BY TWO ANTI-BOWING GRIDS
L.R.T. Gardner, D. Fenna
Open publisher page 0 citations
Abstract
Certain approximaations are introduced into a recently developed general theory of the thermal bowing of nuclear fuel pins restrained by two equally spaced anti-bowing grids. It is shown that simple expressions may be obtained for the maximum bow of a fuel pin under elastoplastic and plastic conditions which may be sufficiently accurate for many purposes. Simple expressions are also derived for the loads on the anti-bowing grids and end support plates. (auth)