New analysis model of solid body formation in particle method for jet impingement and solidification in severe accidents of SFRs

Imaizumi, Yuya ; Kamiyama, Kenji  ; Matsuba, Kenichi  

In severe accidents of SFRs, molten core materials can discharge from the core, and the jet can impinge on the lower structure plate. After the jet impingement, fragmented discharged materials can form ring-shape solidification. A fundamental experiment was conducted to simulate the behavior. In order to simulate the behavior of solid body creation and motion, a new solid body formation model by inter-particle attraction force in particle method was developed. The advantage of the new model is that it can simulate creation, formation, and motion of solid bodies without any artificial treatment as solid bodies. The movable solid bodies by the new model have any size, shape, and number, and they are created and grown by solidification, and diminish and disappear by melting. The mechanism based on the inter-particle attraction force is common with that in real world where interatomic attraction force is the cause of solid body formation.