Graphitecoreinspections-Measurementofbrickstress.pptVIP

RD Workshop, Nuclear Generation, NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Title of presentation, Nuclear Generation, NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED/PROTECT – (use descriptor)/RESTRICTED BEG/FORM/COMM/026A REV 006 Title of presentation, Nuclear Generation, NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED/PROTECT – (use descriptor)/RESTRICTED BEG/FORM/COMM/026A REV 006 * RD Workshop, Nuclear Generation, NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED BEG/FORM/COMM/026A REV 006 * INGSM 14, Seattle 2013 - NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED BEG/FORM/COMM/026A REV 007 Graphite Core Inspection, Measurement of Brick Stress M Brown – EDF-E E Kingston and X Ficquet - Veqter Ltd J Whittington – JFNL Ltd Contents Stresses within AGR graphite bricks Benefits of performing local stress measurement The Deep Hole Drilling method Application of the DHD method to graphite Phase 1 Laboratory based tool Summary of results Conclusions * INGSM 14, Seattle 2013 - NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED BEG/FORM/COMM/026A REV 007 Stresses within AGR graphite bricks * INGSM 14, Seattle 2013 - NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED BEG/FORM/COMM/026A REV 007 Tensile forces at Bore (early in life) Compressive forces at Bore (later in life) Internal stresses created by differential shrinkage across brick wall – as a result of irradiation gradient Benefits of performing local stress measurements * INGSM 14, Seattle 2013 - NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED BEG/FORM/COMM/026A REV 007 A measurement method i.e. independent of models (if the core is extracted and DYM measured) Could provide a new reduced uncertainty datum line (starting condition) Validation route for FEA models Measurement of stress state of brick – potential to assess brick to brick variability Possible to infer stress value at keyways Potential to improve predictions of the onset and rate of keyway root cracking The Deep Hole Drilling Method (Veqter Ltd) * INGSM 14, Seattle 2013 - NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED BEG/FORM/COMM/026A REV 007 ? ?0 Cross-section through simple compon