Author/Authors :
J. Crapps، نويسنده , , J. and DeCroix، نويسنده , , D.S. and Galloway، نويسنده , , J.D. and Korzekwa، نويسنده , , D.A. and Aikin، نويسنده , , R. and Fielding، نويسنده , , R. and Kennedy، نويسنده , , R. and Unal، نويسنده , , C.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Computational simulations of gravity casting processes for metallic U–Pu–Zr nuclear fuel rods have been performed using a design-of-experiments technique to determine the fluid flow, liquid heat transfer, and solid heat transfer parameters which most strongly influence the process solidification speed and fuel rod porosity. The results are used to make recommendations for the best investment of experimental time and effort to measure process parameters.
