Research Article
Comparison of the Characteristics of Solid Type and Annular Type Nuclear Fuels Using Thermoelastic-Plastic-Creep FEM
Table 2
Mechanical properties at operating temperature.
| | Mechanical | Cladding | Pellet |
| | Thermal expansion [°K−1] | 0.672100 × 10−5 | 0.910659 × 10−5 | | Young’s modulus [MPa] | 0.795269 × 105 | 0.180316 × 106 | | Poisson’s ratio | 0.356756 | 0.316000 | | Density [Mg mm−3] | 6.5500 × 10−9 | 1.0412 × 10−8 |
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