Single crystal growth and magnetic properties of noncentrosymmetric antiferromagnet MnIrSi

Onuki, Yoshichika*; Kaneko, Yoshio*; Aoki, Dai*; Nakamura, Ai*; Matsuda, Tatsuma*; Nakashima, Miho*; Haga, Yoshinori; Takeuchi, Tetsuya*

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 91(6), p.065002_1 - 065002_2, 2022/06

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.91.065002

Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, 2; Neutron scattering instruments

Nakajima, Kenji; Kawakita, Yukinobu; Ito, Shinichi*; Abe, Jun*; Aizawa, Kazuya; Aoki, Hiroyuki; Endo, Hitoshi*; Fujita, Masaki*; Funakoshi, Kenichi*; Gong, W.*; et al.

Quantum Beam Science (Internet), 1(3), p.9_1 - 9_59, 2017/12

https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs1030009

The neutron instruments suite, installed at the spallation neutron source of the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC), is reviewed. MLF has 23 neutron beam ports and 21 instruments are in operation for user programs or are under commissioning. A unique and challenging instrumental suite in MLF has been realized via combination of a high-performance neutron source, optimized for neutron scattering, and unique instruments using cutting-edge technologies. All instruments are/will serve in world-leading investigations in a broad range of fields, from fundamental physics to industrial applications. In this review, overviews, characteristic features, and typical applications of the individual instruments are mentioned.

Science from the initial operation of HRC

Ito, Shinichi*; Yokoo, Tetsuya*; Masuda, Takatsugu*; Yoshizawa, Hideki*; Soda, Minoru*; Ikeda, Yoichi*; Ibuka, Soshi*; Kawana, Daichi*; Sato, Taku*; Nambu, Yusuke*; et al.

JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 8, p.034001_1 - 034001_6, 2015/09

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSCP.8.034001

Numerical simulation of self-priming phenomena in venturi scrubber by two-phase flow simulation code TPFIT

Horiguchi, Naoki; Yoshida, Hiroyuki; Kanagawa, Tetsuya*; Kaneko, Akiko*; Abe, Yutaka*

Proceedings of 23rd International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-23) (DVD-ROM), 6 Pages, 2015/05

From the viewpoint of protecting containment and suppressing diffusion of the radioactive materials at severe accidents of nuclear power plant, it is important to install filtered venting devices to permit release of high pressure pollutant gas to the atmosphere by eliminating radioactive materials in the gas. A Multi Venturi Scrubber System (MVSS) is one of the devices for the filtered venting, and is used to realize filtered venting without any power supply. The MVSS is composed of a "Venturi Scrubbers" part and a "bubble column" part. In the Venturi Scrubbers part of the MVSS, there are hundreds of the Venturi scrubbers (VS). In an operation mode of the MVSS, the radioactive materials are eliminated through the gas-liquid interface from the pollutant gas to the liquid phase of a dispersed flow in the VS and a bubbly flow in the bubble column part. In the VS, the dispersed flow is formed from the liquid, which is suctioned through the hole for suction (called self-priming). In previous studies, an evaluation method to evaluate the liquid flow rate by the self-priming was developed. However, to develop evaluation methods of performance of the VSs, the two-phase flow behavior must be investigated, including droplet size and velocity difference of liquid and gas phases. Two-phase flow behavior in the VS is complicated, and it is difficult to estimate two-phase flow behavior of the VS by only experimental procedures. In this study, to investigate the hydraulic behavior of the VS, we tried to apply a detailed numerical simulation method of two-phase flow to the numerical simulation of the VS. In the simulation, TPFIT developed in JAEA was used as the detailed numerical simulation method. In this paper, we performed the numerical simulation air-water two-phase flow in the of the lab scale VS by the TPFIT, and numerical results were compared with experimental results.

U-RANS simulation of elbow flow with a 1/7 scale experimental loop simulating JSFR cold-leg piping

Yamano, Hidemasa; Kaneko, Tetsuya*; Aizawa, Kosuke; Tanaka, Masaaki; Ebara, Shinji*; Hashizume, Hidetoshi*

Proceedings of 9th Korea-Japan Symposium on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Safety (NTHAS-9) (CD-ROM), 10 Pages, 2014/11

In this study, Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes equations (U-RANS) approach with the Reynolds Stress Model using a commercial computational fluid dynamics code has been applied to the flow through single and double short-elbows under a high Reynolds number condition (1.010). This numerical simulation has utilized a 1/7 scaled water experiment simulating the JSFR cold-leg piping in order to investigate the flow pattern in a three-dimensionally connected double elbow. As a result, validity and applicability of the U-RANS numerical simulation method were confirmed by comparison between the numerical and experimental results. The simulation has also shown that unsteady flow fields including vortex structures in the 1st elbow were very different from that in the 2nd elbow. This is because horseshoe vortexes generated in the 1st elbow downstream enter sideways the 2nd elbow. In addition, the simulation has indicated that the influence of distance between two elbows in the double elbow flow addressed in this paper was small.

Field-induced order in heavy-fermion compound YbCoZn

Kaneko, Koji; Raymond, S.*; Ressouche, E.*; Lapertot, G.*; Takeuchi, Tetsuya*; Hirose, Yusuke*; Honda, Fuminori*; Onuki, Yoshichika

JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 3, p.011061_1 - 011061_5, 2014/06

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSCP.3.011061

Development of proposed guideline of flow-induced vibration evaluation for hot-leg piping in a sodium-cooled fast reactor

Sakai, Takaaki; Yamano, Hidemasa; Tanaka, Masaaki; Ono, Ayako; Ohshima, Hiroyuki; Kaneko, Tetsuya*; Hirota, Kazuo*; Sago, Hiromi*; Xu, Y.*; Iwamoto, Yukiharu*; et al.

Proceedings of 15th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-15) (USB Flash Drive), 13 Pages, 2013/05

The development of flow-induced vibration evaluation methodology has reached a milestone that separate-effect experimental data under a high Reynolds number regime including swirl and deflected inflow conditions are available for the validation of the methodology. On the other hand, technical standards are desirable to be documented for designers of sodium-cooled fast reactors. From such a background, the documentation of a flow-induced vibration design guideline has been made for the hot-leg piping of Japan sodium-cooled fast reactor. This paper describes the design guideline of the flow-induced vibration evaluation methodology, which has been informed from main separate-effect experiments, as well as supplemental interpretation for the guideline.

Effects of separation vortices on pressure fluctuation of complex turbulent flow in a dual elbow with small curvature radius in a three-dimensional layout

Ebara, Shinji*; Konno, Hiroaki*; Hashizume, Hidetoshi*; Kaneko, Tetsuya; Yamano, Hidemasa

Proceedings of 8th Japan-Korea Symposium on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Safety (NTHAS-8) (USB Flash Drive), 8 Pages, 2012/12

In this study, the characteristics of pressure fluctuation in a dual elbow piping simulating the cold-leg piping of the JSFR was elucidated by conducting a pressure measurement test using a scale model. As a result of the experiment, it was clarified that the pressure fluctuation characteristics of the dual elbow flow was very similar to that of the single elbow flow in and near the first elbow.

Flow structure of high Reynolds number flow in a dual-elbow piping simulating cold-legs of JSFR

Takamura, Hiroyuki*; Ebara, Shinji*; Kaneko, Tetsuya; Yamano, Hidemasa; Hashizume, Hidetoshi*

Proceedings of 15th International Symposium on Flow Visualization (ISFV-15) (CD-ROM), 10 Pages, 2012/06

Flow visualization experiment with 2D-PIV in a dual elbow system simulating the cold-leg piping of the JSFR was performed varying Reynolds number from 0.310 to 1.010. The tested piping has two short elbows which are three-dimensionally connected with a straight pipe. In the dual elbow system, separation vortices are shed from the separated region like a single elbow one. These vortices flow by the inrados of the second elbow and its lower stream. The post-critical regime of the dual elbow flow appears when Reynolds number is larger than about 0.510, as with the single elbow system.

Coexistence of antiferromagnetism and heavy-fermion superconductivity in CePtSi studied by neutron scattering

Kaneko, Koji; Metoki, Naoto; Bernhoeft, N.*; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Haga, Yoshinori; Yasuda, Takashi*; Takeuchi, Tetsuya*; Settai, Rikio*; Onuki, Yoshichika

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 75(Suppl.), p.177 - 179, 2006/08

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