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Syllabus

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Course Objective


To understand and model the thermal-hydraulic and mechanical phenomena key to the effective, reliable and safe design and operation of nuclear systems.



Course Summary


  1. Introduction to nuclear power systems
  2. Thermal-hydraulics:
    • Thermal parameters: definitions and uses
    • Sources and distribution of thermal loads in nuclear power reactors
    • Conservation equations and their applications to nuclear power systems: power conversion cycles, containment analysis
    • Thermal analysis of nuclear fuel
    • Single-phase flow and heat transfer
    • Two-phase flow and heat transfer
  3. Structural mechanics:
    • Fundamentals of structural mechanics
    • Applications to nuclear systems


Texts


Amazon logo Todreas, Neil E., and Mujid S. Kazimi. Nuclear Systems: Thermal Hydraulic Fundamentals. Vol. 1. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis Inc., December 1, 1989, 3rd printing. ISBN: 9781560320517.

MIT Notes on Structural Mechanics.



Related Courses




Prerequisites


2.001, 2.005



Desirable


22.05 (or 22.211), 22.06



Grading


ACTIVITIESPERCENTAGES
Homework20%
Quiz 120%
Quiz 220%
Final exam40%



Homework and Reading Assignment Practices


  1. Units: You are to conform to recommended engineering practice by using units based on the International System (SI).
  2. In writing your answers it is important that you supply enough information to show how you have solved the problem. It is not necessary to repeat derivations already given in enough detail in the text or lectures.
  3. It is considered acceptable for you to work completely independently; consult the instructor; and/or work with other students. However, do not adopt your solution directly from any outside source without being sure that you understand both concepts and calculations. Points may be deducted if it appears that you do not understand.
  4. Computer usage: Some homework problems may be solved efficiently using MATLAB®, Mathcad® or other computer programs.
  5. Late solutions: Solutions submitted after the due date will receive no more than 50% credit. An all-student relaxation of this rule may be announced in class for some problems.


Recommended Citation


For any use or distribution of these materials, please cite as follows:

Jacopo Buongiorno, course materials for 22.312 Engineering of Nuclear Reactors, Fall 2007. MIT OpenCourseWare (http://ocw.mit.edu/), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Downloaded on [DD Month YYYY].



Calendar


LEC #TOPICS
1Course introduction and reactor types
2Reactor heat generation
3

Thermal design principles

Conservation equations

4Rankine power cycles
5Brayton power cycles
6Containment analysis
7Containment analysis (cont.)
8Thermal analysis of fuel elements (introduction)
9Thermal analysis of fuel elements (temperature distributions)
10Thermal analysis of fuel elements (maximum temperature in the core)
Quiz 1 (open book)
All material through Lec #7
11Single phase thermal-hydraulics (introduction)
12Single phase thermal-hydraulics (fluid dynamics)
13Single phase thermal-hydraulics (heat transfer)
14Single phase thermal-hydraulics (turbulence and loop analysis)
15Two phase flow (basic parameters and models)
16Two phase flow (pressure drop and instabilities)
17Two phase flow (critical flow)
18Two phase heat transfer (pool boiling)
Quiz 2 (take home)
All material from Lec #8-15
19Two phase heat transfer (flow boiling)
20Two phase heat transfer (boiling crises and post-boiling-crisis heat transfer)
21Two phase heat transfer (condensation)
22Two phase flow and heat transfer (demonstrations)
23Structural mechanics (elasticity fundamentals and thin-shell theory)
24Structural mechanics (stress categorization and ASME code)
25

Structural mechanics (creep, fatigue)

Course evaluation

Final – 3 hours open book
Final exam will cover entire course with specific attention to material of Lec #16-26

 








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