Thermal-shock experiments for separate-effects validation of UO₂ fuel fracture models

Physics & Astronomy

• thermal shock 88%
• quenching 37%
• salt baths 23%
• reactors 23%
• copper 21%
• light water reactors 21%
• molten salts 19%
• simulation 17%
• nuclear reactors 17%
• heat transfer coefficients 16%
• submerging 15%
• pellets 15%
• baths 13%
• performance 13%
• rods 12%
• ceramics 10%
• gradients 10%
• propagation 9%
• predictions 8%
• temperature 4%

Chemical Compounds

• Thermal Shock 100%
• Fuel 63%
• Environment 43%
• Simulation 36%
• Transfer Coefficient 23%
• Heat Transfer 20%
• Molten Salt 20%
• Pellet 18%
• Rod Like Crystal 17%
• Ceramic 14%
• Amount 8%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Thermal shock 90%
• Quenching 47%
• Experiments 27%
• Copper 25%
• Light water reactors 19%
• Nuclear reactors 16%
• Tubing 16%
• Thermal gradients 15%
• Molten materials 15%
• Salts 14%
• Heat transfer coefficients 14%
• Temperature 12%
• Computer simulation 8%