In spite of the low fuel failure rate in currently operating water cooled nuclear power reactors,
operations are increasingly demanding with higher burn-up, power increases, cycle lengths …

Flow induced vibration (FIV) plays an important role in many industrial applications,
including nuclear energy. In a nuclear power plant, several components could experience …

Experimental vibration responses of beams with nonlinear boundary conditions were
interpreted using a bilinear spring model. Two systems of beams were considered: one is a …

The internal components of Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs), particularly nuclear fuel
assemblies, must be able to withstand Flow Induced Vibrations (FIVs) during operating …

Abstract The core of Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR) is composed by nuclear fuel
assemblies, bundles of slender fuel rods containing uranium pellets, kept in position by …

Single zirconium alloy nuclear fuel rods with clamped-clamped boundary conditions and
subjected to harmonic excitation at various force levels were experimentally studied …

This study presents a simulation method for turbulent flow-induced vibrations of cantilever
rods with a semi-spherical end exposed to axial flow, a configuration investigated for the first …

In this paper, various aspects relevant for nuclear applications of bare rod bundles in axial
turbulent flows are studied by means of numerical simulations. The work first investigates the …

In recent years, extensive thermal-hydraulic experimental tests have been performed on the
lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE)–cooled, wire-wrapped fuel assembly (FA) of MYRRHA. These …

Excessive fuel assembly vibrations in nuclear reactor cores should be avoided in order not
to compromise the lifetime of the assembly and in order to prevent the occurrence of safety …