PhD Studentship: Developing a Finite Element Based Model for Pellet Relocation in Nuclear Reactor Fuel
University of East Anglia
Primary supervisor - Dr Thomas Anthony Haynes Pellet-clad interaction (PCI) is a complicated phenomenon, relatively poorly captured in current commercial fuel performance codes. Models have been built in the commercial finite element software ‘Abaqus’ to capture pellet clad interaction in both light water reactors (LWRs) and the UK advanced gas cooled reactor (UK-AGR). Whilst Abaqus offers advantages in terms of materials modelling and contact, COMSOL offers the potential to capture a fuller range of physical be...