Comparison of the Characteristics of Solid Type and Annular Type Nuclear Fuels Using Thermoelastic-Plastic-Creep FEM

Figure 11

Analysis results of annular nuclear fuel ((a) gap size; (b) hoop stress of the pellet; (c) hoop stress of the cladding; (d) radial stress of the mid pellet).

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