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Leakage-Flow-Induced Vibration of a Tube-in-Tube Slip Joint
The susceptibility of a cantilevered tube conveying water to self-excitation by leakage flow through a slip joint is assessed experimentally. The slip joint is formed by inserting a smaller, rigid tube into the free end of the cantilevered tube. Variations of the slip joint annular gaps and engagement lengths are tested, and several mechanisms for self-excitation are described.
Date:
June 1983
Creator:
Mulcahy, T. M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Compatibility of Technologies with Regulations in the Waste Management of H-3, I-129, C-14, and Kr-85: Part 1, Initial Information Base
This report summarizes the information base that was collected and reviewed in preparation for carrying out an analysis of the compatibility with regulations of waste management technologies for disposal of Hydrogen-3, Iodine-129, Carbon-14, and Krypton-85. Based on the review of this literature, summaries are presented here of waste-form characteristics, packaging, transportation, and disposal methods. Also discussed are regulations that might apply to all operations involved in disposal of the four nuclides, including the processing of irradiated fuel in a fuel reprocessing plant, packaging, storage, transport, and final disposal. The compliance assessment derived from this information is reported in a separate document.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Trevorrow, L. E.; Vandegrift, G. F.; Kolba, V. M. & Steindler, M. J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Compatibility of Technologies with Regulations in the Waste Management of H-3, I-129, C-14, and Kr-85: Part 2, Analysis
Waste forms of hydrogen-3, iodine-129, carbon-14, and krypton-85 separated from fuel reprocessing streams and procedures for managing them were analyzed regarding compliance with regulations. Transportation of these wastes in certain DOT-specification packagings would be permissible, but some of these packagings may not be acceptable in some disposal situations. Transportation of gaseous krypton-85 in a currently certified cylinder is possible, but a fuel reprocessor may wish to ship larger quantities per package. Disposal of tritium using a package designed by a DOE contractor and shallow land burial, in accord with the regulations of 10 CFR 61, seems practicable. Although 10 CFR 61 permits shallow land burial of iodine-129, the concentration limit requires distribution in a volume that may seem impractical to commercial fuel reprocessors. The concentration limit of 10 CFR 61 for shallow land burial of carbon-14 requires distribution in a lesser, although still large, volume. For both iodine-129 and carbon-14, management as high-level waste offers the advantage of smaller volumes. Similar advantages may be offered by greater confinement or non-near surface concepts for disposal. The concrete waste forms developed for these nuclides may not meet technical criteria being formulated for geologic disposal. The lack of accommodation of krypton-85 at disposal …
Date:
November 1983
Creator:
Trevorrow, L. E.; Kolba, V. M.; Vandegrift, G. F. & Steindler, M. J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Seasonal-Storage Solar-Energy Heating System for the Charlestown, Boston Navy Yard National Historic Park
This Phase II study provides further analysis for a seasonal-storage solar-heating system utilizing two existing underground, concrete tanks in the National Historic Park of the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston. The initial Phase I study was reported in ANL-82-90. The new results focus on the effect of including a heat pump in the system to extend the useful heat-storage capacity of the tanks. The analysis was performed with MINSUN Version III, a computer simulation model written particularly for seasonal storage systems. Input parameters were derived in Phase I and reviewed and updated for this study. Three collector types were studied with and without a heat pump. Results indicate a definite performance and economic improvement for all collector types by including the heat pump. Flat plate collectors showed substantially greater improvement due to their more pronounced increase in efficiency at the lower inlet temperatures. With the heat pump, all three collectors provide comparable performance, and the flat plates were chosen as the design system due to their lower cost. A design system of 2300 meters sq. flat plate collectors with heat pump was selected. The system provides a solar fraction of 50% for the 2167 MWH annual heat load. The annualized …
Date:
June 1983
Creator:
Breger, Dwayne & Michaels, Allan I.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Endochronic Theory of Dynamic Viscoplasticity
This report summarizes the work completed on a project concerned with engineering models in dynamic plasticity. The concept of the endochronic theory of viscoplasticity and its subsequent improvement are discussed briefly. Applications and extensions of the theory to various dynamic problems are presented. In particular, the strain-rate effect in the improved endochronic theory and its application to wave propagation problems are discussed. Comparing the numerical results with other calculations and experimental data, it appears that endochronic theory provides a promising representation of realistic material behavior. At the same time endochronic theory is often numerically more efficient than other formulations.
Date:
June 1983
Creator:
Lin, Hsuan-Chi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Algorithms for Automated Diagnosis of Faults in Physical Plant
This report presents a diagnostic automation that can be used to investigate classes of systems without feedback loops. This report shows the input needed for the automation, the algorithm used, and the PROLOG program for the simulation.
Date:
May 1983
Creator:
Gabriel, John R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dynamics of Tubes in Fluid with Tube-Baffle Interaction
Three series of tests are performed to evaluate the effects of tube to tube-support-plate (TSP) clearance on tube dynamic characteristics and instability phenomena for tube arrays in crossflow. Test results show that, for relatively large clearances, tubes may possess TSP-inactive modes in which the tubes rattle inside some of the tube-support-plate holes, and that the natural frequencies of TSP-inactive modes are lower than those of TSP-active modes, in which the support plates provide knife-edge type support. Tube response characteristics associated with TSP-inactive modes are sensitive to tube-to-TSP clearance, TSP thickness, excitation amplitude, tube alignment, and the fluid inside the clearance. In addition, tube response is intrinsically nonlinear, with the dominance of TSP-inactive or TSP-active modes depending on the magnitudes of different system parameters. In general, such a system is difficult to model; only a full-scale test can provide all the necessary characteristics. A tube array supported by TSPs with relatively large clearances may be subjected to dynamic instability in some of the TSP-inactive modes; tube response characteristics and impact forces on TSPs for a tube row are studied in detail in this report. Tube displacements associated with the instability of a TSP-inactive mode are small; however, impacts of the tube …
Date:
September 1983
Creator:
Chen, S. S.; Jendrzejczyk, J. A. & Wambsganss, M. W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fully-Coupled Solution of Pressure-Linked Fluid-Flow Equations
A robust and efficient numerical scheme has been developed for the solution of the finite-differenced pressure linked fluid flow equations. The algorithm solves the set of nonlinear simultaneous equations by a combination of Newton's method and efficient sparse matrix techniques. In tests on typical recirculating flows the method is rapidly convergent. The method does not require any under-relaxation or other convergence-enhancing techniques employed in iterative schemes. It is currently described for two-dimensional steady state flows but is extendible to three dimensions and mildly time-varying flows. The method is robust to changes in Reynolds number, grid aspect ratio, and mesh size. This paper reports the algorithm and the results of calculations performed.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Vanka, S. P. & Leaf, G. K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Study of Chromium-Free and Chromium-Reduced Steels
The goal of this study was to develop an iron-based alloy, similar to Type 316 stainless steel in mechanical and corrosion properties but with a reduced chromium content or, ideally, no chromium. A total of twenty-six 225-g ingots and ten 2.5 to 12 kg ingots of various compositions in the Fe-Si-Mn-Ni-C system were prepared. All ingots contained from 5 to 11 w/o silicon and drew their corrosion resistance primarily from this component. The composition ranges of the remaining major alloying elements were (in w/o) 0-24 Mn, 0-35 Ni, and 0.08 to 0.95 C. Most of the alloys were reduced to sheet, demonstrating the hot fabricability of these high-silicon alloys. The mechanical and corrosion properties of these alloys are attractive. Tensile tests showed yield strengths of 303 to 379 Mpa (44 to 55 ksi), ultimate tensile strengths of 731 to 882 MPa (106 to 128 ksi), and elongations of 34 to 77%. Air oxidation rates were lower than those of 300-series stainless steels at 1000 C. Salt water corrosion rates for these alloys fall between those of stainless steels and plain carbon steels and are 5 to 10 times lower than the rates for plain carbon steels.
Date:
May 1983
Creator:
Wiencek, T. C. & Thresh, H. R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Failure Analysis of Cracked Head Spray Piping from the Dresden Unit 2 Boiling Water Reactor
Several sections of Type 304 stainless steel head spray piping, 6.25 cm (2.5 in.) in diameter, from the Dresden Unit 2 Boiling Water Reactor were examined to determine the nature and causes of coolant leakages detected during hydrostatic tests. Extensive pitting was observed on the outside surface of the piping, and three cracks, all located at a helical stripe apparently rubbed onto the outer surface of the piping, were also noted. Metallographic examination revealed that the cracking had initiated at the outer surface of the pipe, and showed it to be transgranular and highly branched, characteristic of chloride stress corrosion cracking. The surface pitting also appeared to have been caused by chlorides. A scanning electron microprobe x-ray analysis of the corrosion product in the cracks confirmed the presence of chlorides and also indicated the presence of calcium.
Date:
July 1983
Creator:
Diercks, D. R. & Dragel, Gabriel M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Proceedings of the Workshop on the Interface Between Radiation Chemistry and Radiation Physics; Held at Argonne National Laboratory, September 9-10, 1982
This conference evolved out of an idea that originated Department of Energy contractor's meeting in Gettysburg to have a conference devoted to topics of interest to both radiation chemists and physicists in radiation research. Radiation chemists tend to operate in a time domain where chemical reactions can be observed and to deduce values from that data. Meanwhile, physicists naturally focus considerable attention on initial energy deposition events and perform calculations which should predict the same initial yields. Contributed papers and remarks have been grouped according to broad subjects.
Date:
March 1983
Creator:
Argonne National Laboratory
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Testing Methods for Latent-Heat-Storage Devices
ASHRAE Standard 94-77, Method of Testing Thermal Storage Devices Based on Thermal Performance, was developed to allow manufacturers of thermal energy storage devices to compare their products in a meaningful way. When Standard 94-77 was used for thermal energy storage products based on latent heat storage, the Standard was found to be inadequate for comparison of these devices. Standard Project Committee SPC 94.1 was established to devise a Standard that would be adequate for comparing latent heat systems. The purpose of this report is to describe several alternatives to Standard 94-77 and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative. The discussion focuses on two proposed replacement standards and includes experimental results for each. The experimental results are from tests conducted on a PCM storage tank that uses sodium thiosulfate as the PCM and water as the heat transfer fluid. The experimental arrangement is discussed in detail.
Date:
February 1983
Creator:
Cole, Roger Lynn; Hull, J. R.; Lwin, Y. & Cha, Y. S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The DIF3D Nodal Neutronics Option for Two- and Three-dimensional Diffusion Theory Calculations in Hexagonal Geometry
A nodal method is developed for the solution of the neutron-diffusion equation in two- and three-dimensional hexagonal geometries. The nodal scheme has been incorporated as an option in the finite-difference diffusion-theory code DIF3D, and is intended for use in the analysis of current LMFBR designs. The nodal equations are derived using higher-order polynomial approximations to the spatial dependence of the flux within the hexagonal-z node. The final equations, which are cast in the form of inhomogeneous response-matrix equations for each energy group, involved spatial moments of the node-interior flux distribution plus surface-averaged partial currents across the faces of the node. These equations are solved using a conventional fission-source iteration accelerated by coarse-mesh rebalance and asymptotic source extrapolation. This report describes the mathematical development and numerical solution of the nodal equations, as well as the use of the nodal option and details concerning its programming structure. This latter information is intended to supplement the information provided in the separate documentation of the DIF3D code.
Date:
March 1983
Creator:
Lawrence, R. D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A User's Guide for the REBUS-3 Fuel Cycle Analysis Capability
REBUS-3 is a system of programs designed for the fuel-cycle analysis of fast reactors. This new capability is an extension and refinement of the REBUS-3 code system and complies with the standard code practices and interface dataset specifications of the Committee on Computer Code Coordination (CCCC). The new code is hence divorced from the earlier ARC System. In addition, the coding has been designed to enhance code exportability. >Major new capabilities not available in the REBUS-2 code system include a search on burn cycle time to achieve a specified value for the multiplication constant at the end of the burn step; a general non-repetitive fuel-management capability including temporary out-of-core fuel storage, loading of fresh fuel, and subsequent retrieval and reloading of fuel; significantly expanded user input checking; expanded output edits; provision of prestored burnup chains to simplify user input; option of fixed-or free-field BCD input formats; and, choice of finite difference, nodal or spatial flux-synthesis neutronics in one-, two-, or three-dimensions.
Date:
March 1983
Creator:
Toppel, B. J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Utility Subroutine Package Used by Applied Physics Division Export Codes
This report describes the current state of the utility subroutine package used with codes being developed by the staff of the Applied Physics Division. The package provides a variety of useful functions for BCD input processing, dynamic core-storage allocation and management, binary I/O and data manipulation. The routines were written to conform to coding standards which facilitate the exchange of programs between different computers.
Date:
April 1983
Creator:
Adams, C. H.; Derstine, K. L.; Henryson, H., II; Hosteny, R. P. & Toppel, B. J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fuel Cycle Programs, Quarterly Progress Report: July-September 1982
Quarterly report of the Argonne National Laboratory Chemical Engineering Division regarding activities related to properties and handling of radioactive materials, operation of nuclear reactors, and other relevant research.
Date:
March 1983
Creator:
Steindler, M. J.; Bates, J. K.; Cannon, T. F.; Couture, R. A.; Deeken, P. G.; Fagan, J. E. et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fuel Cycle Programs, Quarterly Progress Report: October-December 1982
Quarterly report of the Argonne National Laboratory Chemical Engineering Division regarding activities related to properties and handling of radioactive materials, operation of nuclear reactors, and other relevant research.
Date:
August 1983
Creator:
Steindler, M. J.; Bates, J. K.; Cannon, T. F.; Couture, R. A.; Deeken, P. G.; Fagan, J. E. et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Division of Biological and Medical Research Annual Technical Report 1982
Computer graphic representation of the antigen-binding sites of two Bence-Jones proteins (antibody light chain diners), Loc (left) and Mcg (right). The spheres represent individual amino acids. Each binding site is composed of two variable domains and each domain consists of framework segments and the hyper-variable segments which confer the specificity to the antibody molecule.
Date:
May 1983
Creator:
Argonne National Laboratory. Division of Biological and Medical Research.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lithium/Iron Sulfide Batteries for Electric-Vehicle Propulsion and Other Applications Progress Report for October 1981-September 1982
This report describes the work done on development of lithium/iron sulfide batteries at Argonne National Laboratory during FY 1982. The work at ANL has been concerned principally with the electrochemical and materials aspects of lithium-alloy negative electrodes and iron sulfide positive electrodes, materials research, cell design studies, and the testing and post-test examinations of cells fabricated by two industrial contractors--Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. and Gould Inc.
Date:
September 1983
Creator:
Barney, Duane L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Applied Mathematical Sciences Research at Argonne, April 1, 1982-March 31, 1983
This report reviews the research activities in Applied Mathematical Sciences at Argonne National Laboratory for the period April 1, 1982, through March 31, 1983. The body of the report discusses various projects carried out in three major areas of research: applied analysis, computational mathematics, and software engineering. Information on section staff, visitors, workshops, and seminars is found in the appendices.
Date:
1983?
Creator:
Pieper, Gail W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Monitoring at Argonne National Laboratory, Annual Report: 1982
Annual report of the environmental monitoring program at Argonne National Laboratory, discussing activities and findings of the group.
Date:
March 1983
Creator:
Golchert, N. W.; Duffy, T. L. & Sedlet, J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Low-Voltage Room Thermostat Performance
Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over low voltage electric thermostats. Thermostat test results are discussed. This report includes illustrations, and photographs.
Date:
April 1983
Creator:
Kao, James Y.; Sushinsky, George; Didion, David A.; Mastascusa, E. J. & Chi, Joseph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Turbulent Wind Effects on Tension Leg Platform Surge
Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards on "surge response to turbulent wind in the presence of current and waves" (p. iii). Methods for estimating surge response are discussed. This report includes tables, graphs, and illustrations.
Date:
March 1983
Creator:
Simiu, Emil & Leigh, Stefan D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Daylighting Model for Building Energy Simulation
Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over the energy performance of a day-lighted building. The different models and functions are discussed. This report includes tables, graphs, illustrations, and photographs.
Date:
March 1983
Creator:
Gillette, Gary
System:
The UNT Digital Library