Deflection predictions of involute-shaped fuel plates using a fully-coupled numerical approach

A Verification and Validation Approach for COMSOL Multiphysics to Support High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)

“…These experiments are difficult to conduct, so there were not any for HFIR with sufficient data to validate. Fluid-structure modeling of the HFIR plates had previously been conducted [12]- [14], and the simulation was validated by Curtis [15] using experimental data from Smissaert [10]. While the experimental plates were not involute, they were still high aspect ratio plates that measured the amount of the plate's deflection.…”