Discrete modeling of early-life thermal fracture in ceramic nuclear fuel

Keyphrases

• Discrete Element Method 100%
• Ceramic Fuel 100%
• Thermal Fracture 100%
• Discrete Modeling 100%
• Light Water Reactor Fuel 75%
• Finite Element Method 50%
• Thermal Gradient 50%
• Fuel Behavior 50%
• Fuel Pellets 50%
• Circumferential Crack 50%
• Radial Crack 50%
• Nuclear Fuel 25%
• Extended Finite Element Method 25%
• Microcracks 25%
• Fuel Performance 25%
• Modeling Capability 25%
• Crack Pattern 25%
• Crack Location 25%
• Idaho National Laboratory 25%
• Burnup 25%
• Temperature Field 25%
• Modeling Techniques 25%
• Thermal Conductance 25%
• Bulk Thermal Conductivity 25%
• X-FEM 25%
• Physically-based 25%
• Power Ramp 25%
• Coupled Thermo-mechanical 25%
• Heat Conduction 25%
• Hoop Stress 25%
• Axial Stress 25%
• Power Cycle 25%
• Pellet-cladding Gap 25%
• Solid Mechanics 25%
• Thermal Crack 25%
• Random Initiation 25%
• Coupled Heat 25%
• Abnormal Conditions 25%
• Fracture Modeling 25%
• Outer Region 25%
• Displacement Field 25%
• Crack Form 25%
• Life Behavior 25%
• Effective Conductivity 25%
• Axial Crack 25%
• Thermally Driven 25%
• Displacement Discontinuity 25%
• Fracture Criterion 25%
• Discontinuous Behaviour 25%
• Continuous Interpolation 25%
• Random Propagation 25%
• Discrete Displacement 25%
• Scale Formation 25%
• Crack Causes 25%
• Discontinuous Phenomena 25%

Engineering

• Discrete Element 100%
• Element Method 100%
• Nuclear Fuel 100%
• Early Life 100%
• Finite Element Analysis 75%
• Light Water Reactors 75%
• Thermal Gradient 50%
• Fuel Pellet 50%
• Circumferential Crack 50%
• Initial Power 50%
• Burnup 25%
• Length Scale 25%
• Tensiles 25%
• Temperature Distribution 25%
• Thermal Conductivity 25%
• Hoop Stress 25%
• Power Cycle 25%
• Solid Mechanics 25%
• Outer Region 25%
• Displacement Field 25%
• Fuel Model 25%
• Axial Stress 25%
• Fracture Criterion 25%