Research Article

Thermal Hydraulic and Neutronics Coupling Analysis for Plate Type Fuel in Nuclear Reactor Core

Table 2

The material properties.

PositionMaterialDensity (kg·m−3)Heat conduction coefficient (W·m−1 K−1)Specific heat capacity (J·g−1 K−1)

FuelU3Si2-Al603050.70.892 + 0.00046T − 0.71 × (0.749 + 0.00038 T)
Cladding6061-O aluminum alloy2700131.25 + 8.33 × 10−2 T0.897