The Effect of a cyclic bending load on the bending resistance of ballooned, ruptured, and oxidized Zircaloy-4 cladding

Li, F.; Narukawa, Takafumi; Udagawa, Yutaka

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(8), p.1036 - 1047, 2024/08

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2023.2293100

Effects of ballooning and rupture on the fracture resistance of Zircaloy-4 fuel cladding tube after LOCA-simulated experiments

Yumura, Takanori; Amaya, Masaki

Annals of Nuclear Energy, 120, p.798 - 804, 2018/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2018.06.046

Numerical simulation of the critical current and n-value in NbSn strand subjected to bending strain

Hirohashi, Masayuki*; Murakami, Haruyuki*; Ishiyama, Atsushi*; Ueda, Hiroshi*; Koizumi, Norikiyo; Okuno, Kiyoshi

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 16(2), p.1721 - 1724, 2006/06

https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2006.871310

To demonstrate the applicability of NbSn CICCs to ITER, four NbSn model coils have been constructed and tested. The experimental results showed that the measured critical current (Ic) degraded. In addition, the larger is the applied electromagnetic force, the larger the magnitude of the degradation is. The degradation in n-value was also observed. One of the explanations of this degradation is a local strand bending. This consideration has been supported by the test results. However, general dependence of Ic on periodic bending strain has not been clarified in this test since the experiments were carried out at a certain magnetic field, temperature and strain. Therefore, a numerical simulation code was developed to study the general dependence of the Ic and n-value of the NbSn strand on periodic bending strain. A distributed constant circuit model is applied to simulate current transfer among the filaments in the strand. The simulation results show relatively good agreement with the experiment results but some modification in modeling is required for more accurate simulation.

Effective bending strain estimated from test results of a D-shaped NbAl CICC coil fabricated with a react-and-wind process for the National Centralized Tokamak

Ando, Toshinari*; Kizu, Kaname; Miura, Yushi*; Tsuchiya, Katsuhiko; Matsukawa, Makoto; Tamai, Hiroshi; Ishida, Shinichi; Koizumi, Norikiyo; Okuno, Kiyoshi

Fusion Engineering and Design, 75-79, p.99 - 103, 2005/11

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.06.264

no abstracts in English

Sub-millimeter synchrotron X-ray focusing by crystal bender

Yoneda, Yasuhiro; Matsumoto, Norimasa; Furukawa, Yukito*; Ishikawa, Tetsuya*

Physica Scripta, T115, p.995 - 997, 2005/00

Sagittal focusing is known as one of the most efficient focusing methods for synchrotron X-rays which increases the photon density at the sample position. Results are reported on the performance of a fixed height exit bender with an unribbed silicon (311) crystal. The fixed height exit was achieved by using a 4-point bending mechanism. This bending mechanism is designed for the SPring-8 standard double crystal monochromator (DCM) of bending-magnet beamlines and the bender is installed as a second crystal of the DCM. By using unribbed crystal, the focusing beam size was kept 0.5 mm in the energy ranges from 35 - 60 keV. Since mirrors for high-energy X-rays are still under development at the moment, focusing techniques by crystal bender are demanded for many practical applications.

Probabilistic strength evaluation on superplastic 3Y-TZP ceramics

Baba, Shinichi; Shibata, Taiju; Yamaji, Masatoshi*; Sumita, Junya; Ishihara, Masahiro; Motohashi, Yoshinobu*; Sawa, Kazuhiro

Nihon Kikai Gakkai Kanto Shibu Ibaraki Koenkai (2004) Koen Rombunshu (No.040-3), p.61 - 62, 2004/09

no abstracts in English

Neutron diffractometer for biological macromolecule crystallography

Kurihara, Kazuo; Tanaka, Ichiro*; Niimura, Nobuo

Nihon Kessho Gakkai-Shi, 46(3), p.193 - 200, 2004/05

https://doi.org/10.5940/jcrsj.46.193

Neutron diffraction provides an experimental method of directly locating hydrogen atoms in proteins and nucleic acids, and the development of the neutron imaging plate (NIP) became a breakthrough event in neutron protein crystallography. A high-resolution neutron diffractometers dedicated to biological macromolecules (BIX-3, BIX-4) with the NIP have been constructed at Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute. The detailed structure of the diffractometer and the systematic procedure of the neutron diffraction experiment from the crystallization of a large single crystal to the data collection and the data processing, and the future prospect of the neutron diffractometry in proteins will be presented.

Roundness and straightness measurement of ceramic beam ducts for the 3GeV-synchrotron of Japan-proton accelerator research complex

Nishizawa, Daiji*; Kinsho, Michikazu; Kanazawa, Kenichiro; Ogiwara, Norio; Saito, Yoshio*; Kubo, Tomio*; Sato, Yoshihiro*

Shinku, 47(4), p.339 - 343, 2004/02

https://doi.org/10.3131/jvsj.47.339

Large aperture cylindrical beam ducts consisting of alumina ceramics will be used for the first time in the 3GeV-synchrotron of High Intensity Proton Accelerator Facility. It is necessary to evaluate roundness and straightness of ceramic ducts because we have to compensate contact area of the connected beam duct large as well as we have to compensate large enough beam aperture. We developed an apparatus of measuring roundness and straightness, and we completed data analysis method as well as measuring method. Then we are measuring and evaluating roundness and straightness of ceramic beam ducts. Now, we have newly made an ellipse ceramic duct for the 3GeV-synchrotron BM. This duct has ellipse cross-sections to satisfy with larger aperture that the beam dynamics requires. In this conference, we are going to present taken data and findings regarding form accuracy including roundness and straightness of the ellipse ceramic duct.

Two-dimensional X-ray focusing by crystal bender and mirrors

Yoneda, Yasuhiro; Matsumoto, Norimasa; Furukawa, Yukito*; Ishikawa, Tetsuya*

AIP Conference Proceedings 705 (CD-ROM), 4 Pages, 2003/00

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1757897

Results are reported on the performance of a fixed height exit bender with an unribbed silicon (311) crystal. The anticlasic crveture can be minimized for a recutangular Si (311) focusing crystal with "clamped" or "builtin" boundary conditions if the length to width ratio of the crystal is 1.42. The test crystal used in this study was manufactured from a 98mm90mm2mm dimension of float zone silicon. After final etching, the ratio of the crystal is 1.435. The sub-millimeter sagittal focusing was achieved by using a 4-point bending mechanism in energy ranges from 30keV to 60keV.

Bending failure assessment of C/C composite by competing risk theory

Ishihara, Masahiro; Kojima, Takao; Hoshiya, Taiji

Proceedings of International Conference on Carbon in 2002 (Carbon2002) (CD-ROM), 6 Pages, 2002/00

Bending failure of two-dimensional C/C composite was studied by both experimental and analytical approaches. In the experiment, a bending test and observation of failure surfaces were performed. From the surface observation, three kinds of fundamental fracture modes were observed; these were tensile, compressive and shear fracture modes. In the analysis, the risk-based statistical fracture theory, so-called the competing risk theory was applied to clarify the bending failure taking account of the competition of these fracture modes. Parameters used in the theory on these fundamental fracture modes were determined by additional experiments, and the theory was applied to the bending failure prediction. As a result of this study, it is concluded that the bending failure was well predicted by the theory, and that the theory would be possible to predict the strength under stress gradient condition. Furthermore, a new strength prediction method combined with FEM code, which is applicable to arbitrary shaped structures with stress gradient, was proposed in this paper.