Seismic response of nuclear fuel bundles
Flow loop with full size fuel bundle on GW earthquake shake table.
Laser demultiplexer to measure velocity at 6 different planes simultaneously.
3D velocimetry in shaking fuel bundles.
Main publications
L LONGO, R CAPANNA, G RICCIARDI, and PM BARDET. Threshold of Keulegan–Carpenter instability within a 6 × 6 rod bundle. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 157:111231, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2024.111231 (2024).
R CAPANNA, E SARROUY, G RICCIARDI, and PM BARDET. Modal contribution of bundle oscillation to induced flow. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 111:103557, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2022.103557 (2022).
NA WEICHSELBAUM, M RAHIMI-ABKENAR, M MANZARI, and PM BARDET. Fuel bundle oscillation induced flow in initially stagnant water. Nuclear Technology. 195(1):98-104, https://doi.org/10.13182/NT15-93 (2016).
NA WEICHSELBAUM, M RAHIMI-ABKENAR, M VANELLA, M MANZARI, E BALARAS, and PM BARDET. Validation facility and model development for nuclear fuel assembly response to seismic loading. Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science. 1:0410005-1-11, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4031031 (2015).