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A FLUID-SOLID FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF REACTOR SAFETY PROBLEMS
ABSTRACT The work presented herein can broadly be categorized as a fluid-structure interaction problem. The response of a circular cylindrical structure subjected to cross flow is examined using the finite element method for both the liquid and the structure domains. The cylindrical tube is mounted elastically at the ends and is free to move under the action of the unsteady flow-induced forces. The fluid is considered to be partially compressible and viscous. The flow field is solved using a finite element method applied to the time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations. The cylinder motion is modeled using a five-degrees of freedom generalized shell element structural dynamics model. The numerical simulations of the response of the calandria tubes/pressure tubes, adjustor rod and shut-off rod of a nuclear reactor are presented. A few typical results are presented to assess the accuracy of the developed modules
Measurements of dose rate for 10-16 keV Synchrotron X-ray photons at BL-16 beam line of Indus-2
259-262<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";mso-bidi-font-family:="" mangal;mso-ansi-language:en-gb;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:="" hi"="" lang="EN-GB">Indus-2 is a 2.5 GeV electron synchrotron radiation source located at Raja
Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), India. There is significant
radiation exposure in the direct beam of synchrotron radiation due to its
intense flux and low energy at synchrotron radiation beam line. In this paper,
measurements of absorbed dose rate for mono chromatic synchrotron X-ray photon
of energy ranging 10-16 keV is presented using various types of passive
dosimeters, like CaSO4(Dy) TLDs, LiF :Mg,Ti (TLD-100), and
Gafchromic film EBT-2 at microfocus X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy beam line
(BL-16). The measured results are also compared with theoretically calculated
values. It is observed that LiF :Mg,Ti (TLD-100), and Gafchromic film EBT-2
show 3-6 times more absorbed dose rates as compared to calculated values
whereas CaSO4(Dy) TLD shows 10-20 times more absorbed dose rates.</span