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Textbook


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.



Textbook Errata


Errata Volume 1 - 3rd Printing (PDF)



Textbook Supplemental Notes


Note L.4 - Introduction to Structural Mechanics (PDF)



Useful References




Thermal-Hydraulics


Amazon logo Knief, R. A. Nuclear Engineering: Theory and Technology of Commercial Nuclear Power. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis Inc., May, 1992. ISBN: 9781560320890. (General nuclear engineering)

Amazon logo Bird, R. B., W. E. Stewart, and E. N. Lightfoot. Transport Phenomena. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, 1960. ISBN: 9780471073925. (Conservation equations)

Amazon logo Incropera, F. P., and D. P. DeWitt. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, 1990. ISBN: 9780471517290. (Single-phase fluid dynamics and heat transfer)

Amazon logo Collier, J. G., and J. R. Thome. Convective Boiling and Condensation. 3rd ed. Oxford, UK: Oxford Science Publications, June 1, 1996. ISBN: 9780198562962. (Boiling and two-phase flow)

Tong, L. S., and J. Weisman. Thermal Analysis of Pressurized Water Reactors. 1st ed., 1970; 2nd ed., 1979; 3rd ed., 1996, Hinsdale, LaGrange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society. (Boiling and two-phase flow)

Amazon logo Lahey, R. T., Jr., and F. J. Moody. The Thermal-Hydraulics of a Boiling Water Nuclear Reactor. 2nd ed. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society, 1993. ISBN: 9780894480379. (Boiling and two-phase flow)

Amazon logo Todreas, N. E., and M. S. Kazimi. Nuclear Systems II: Elements of Thermal Hydraulic Design. New York, NY: Francis and Taylor, 1990. ISBN: 9781560320791. (Thermal-hydraulic design methodologies)



Structural Mechanics


Amazon logo Harvey, J. F. Theory and Design of Pressure Vessels. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1997. ISBN: 9780442232481.

Amazon logo The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels: Asme Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and International Code. Section II and Section III (Subsections NB and NH). Fairfield, NJ: ASME Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780791825181.


LEC #TOPICSASSOCIATED READINGS
1Course introduction and reactor typesChapter 1, handout
2Reactor heat generation

Chapter 2 (III)

Chapter 3 (I, II, IV, V, VIII)

3

Thermal design principles

Conservation equations

Chapter 2 (V, VI)

Chapter 4 (III-B, V-A,B,C)

4Rankine power cyclesChapter 6 (IV-A, V)
5Brayton power cyclesChapter 6 (VI, VII)
6Containment analysisChapter 7 (II-B)
7Containment analysis (cont.)Chapter 7 (II-B)
8Thermal analysis of fuel elements (introduction)Chapter 8 (I, II, III)
9Thermal analysis of fuel elements (temperature distributions)Chapter 8 (IV, V, VII)
10Thermal analysis of fuel elements (maximum temperature in the core)

Chapter 8 (VI)

Chapter 13 (IV-B)

Quiz 1 (open book)
All material through Lec #7
11Single phase thermal-hydraulics (introduction)

Chapter 9 (III, IV-A)

Chapter 10 (I, II-A)

12Single phase thermal-hydraulics (fluid dynamics)Chapter 9 (IV-B,C, V-C,D,E, VII-A)
13Single phase thermal-hydraulics (heat transfer)Chapter 10 (II-B,C, V)
14Single phase thermal-hydraulics (turbulence and loop analysis)

Chapter 9 (V-A,B)

Chapter 10 (III, IV)

15Two phase flow (basic parameters and models)

Chapter 5 (IV, V)

Chapter 11 (I, II-A,C, III, IV)

16Two phase flow (pressure drop and instabilities)Chapter 11 (V)
17Two phase flow (critical flow)Chapter 11 (VI)
18Two phase heat transfer (pool boiling)Chapter 12 (I, II, III-A)
Quiz 2 (take home)
All material from Lec #8-15
19Two phase heat transfer (flow boiling)Chapter 12 (III-B, IV, V)
20Two phase heat transfer (boiling crises and post-boiling-crisis heat transfer)Chapter 12 (VI, VII)
21Two phase heat transfer (condensation)Incropera & DeWitt (10.6- 10.11)
22Two phase flow and heat transfer (demonstrations)
23Structural mechanics (elasticity fundamentals and thin-shell theory)L4 notes
24Structural mechanics (stress categorization and ASME code)ASME handout
25

Structural mechanics (creep, fatigue)

Course evaluation

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

 








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