Chenguang GU, Guangli ZENG, Xiong YANG, et al. Four-point bending experiment and simulation of dog bone nuclear graphite[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2017, 40(5): 050601
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Chenguang GU, Guangli ZENG, Xiong YANG, et al. Four-point bending experiment and simulation of dog bone nuclear graphite[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2017, 40(5): 050601 DOI: 10.11889/j.0253-3219.2017.hjs.40.050601.
Four-point bending experiment and simulation of dog bone nuclear graphite
核石墨是熔盐堆的关键材料之一,断裂性能是核石墨的重要属性之一。首先通过四点弯曲实验测量了犬骨型核石墨的断裂载荷,观察裂纹扩展路径再运用扩展有限单元法(Extended finite element method,XFEM)对这一实验过程进行了模拟。模拟得到的裂纹扩展路径和断裂实验结果有很好的一致性,证明利用XFEM可以准确地模拟核石墨的断裂过程。同时确定了适用于核石墨的断裂准则。
Abstract
Background
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Nuclear graphite is a key material in Molten Salt Reactor (MSR). And fracture property is one of the most important parameters of the nuclear graphite. Purpose:This study aims at the failure stress of the graphite and to develop a numerical model to simulate the experiment.
Methods
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The four-point bending test was employed to find the failure stress of the dog bone graphite. And a numerical model has been developed for simulation by using the extended finite element method (XFEM).
Results
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The failure stress of NG-CT-10 dog bone nuclear graphite has been investigated through the four-point bending test
and the experiment results are in accord with the numerical simulation results.
Conclusion
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The numerical model in XFEM can accurately simulate the fracture process of the nuclear graphite
and the fracture criterion can be determined accordingly for nuclear graphite.
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