NDLI: PWR Fuel Assembly Damping Characteristics

Content Provider	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection
Author	Roger, Y. Lu David, D. Steel
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	PWR fuel assembly damping is a key parameter in seismic/LOCA safety analysis. The damping coefficients of a fuel assembly in air, still water and flowing water are significantly different. Several researchers and engineers have published their results and methods in the past. With this paper, PWR fuel assembly damping was studied and tested in air, still water, and flowing water (including flowrate and temperature variation). The damping coefficients were obtained by the initial displacement and first response method. The coefficients are also compared with published data. Several conclusions are obtained. • The damping obtained from the tests in air gives the damping component of assembly structure damping. From the comparison of the damping in air with still water the amount of viscous damping can be determined. The viscous damping component is the effect of still water on damping. The amount of viscous damping is represented by the increase in the damping ratio from air to still water at room temperature. The results show that damping in still water is approximately two times the damping in air. • The temperature effect on damping in still water is minimal. In flowing water, the results show a very slight effect of temperature, as the damping slightly decreases with an increase in temperature. This temperature effect is much smaller than the data scatter observed in most damping measurement tests under the same test conditions. • The damping is significantly affected by flowing water. For relatively low flow velocities, compared to in-core conditions, the damping coefficient is around two times the damping in still water. For intermediate to high flow velocities, all damping coefficients are 2.5 times higher than that in still water. For high velocities and large displacement, the damping coefficient can be over 3 times higher than that in still water. The flow velocity appears to be acting on the system by suppressing the motion of the assembly. Additional damping due to flowing water is called hydraulic damping, which is generated by hydraulic force. When a fuel assembly vibrates in flowing water, the assembly is trying to change the flow direction and momentum, but the flow mass wants to retain its pure axial direction which suppresses the motion of the assembly.
Sponsorship	Nuclear Engineering Division
Starting Page	211
Ending Page	217
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0791842444
DOI	10.1115/ICONE14-89535
e-ISBN	0791837831
Volume Number	Volume 3: Structural Integrity; Nuclear Engineering Advances; Next Generation Systems; Near Term Deployment and Promotion of Nuclear Energy
Conference Proceedings	14th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering
Language	English
Publisher Date	2006-07-17
Publisher Place	Miami, Florida, USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Damping Water Temperature Electromagnetic scattering Momentum Manufacturing Engineers Safety Fuels Pressurized water reactors Flow (dynamics) Displacement
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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