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Mechanical tests of full-size Fort St. Vrain fuel blocks [electronic resource].

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Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1976.
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Pages: 15 : digital, PDF file
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United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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A simple hydraulic pressure test of the webs in a Fort St. Vrain (FSV) fuel block shows that no catastrophic fracture occurs when the fuel holes are pressurized either individually or as a contiguous six-hole array. There is a small volume increase in the coolant hole common to the fuel holes being tested. Failure, as defined by a decrease in structural resistance to further hydraulic pressure, occurs at some pressure between 500 and 1320 psi in individually tested fuel holes, depending upon the condition of adjacent holes. When a FSV fuel block configuration consisting of a central fuel hole with six surrounding fuel and coolant holes is subjected to a uniaxial tensile or compressive load, internal hoop pressures up to the bursting strength of the material reduce the axial strength of the configuration by less than 13 percent.
Report Numbers:
E 1.99:ga-a-13917
ga-a-13917
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Published through SciTech Connect.
04/01/1976.
"ga-a-13917"
Cobb, H.R.W.
General Atomic Co., San Diego, Calif. (USA)
Funding Information:
E(04-3)-633
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