Research Article

Fretting Wear and Fatigue Life Analysis of Fuel Bundles Subjected to Turbulent Axial Flow in CEFR

Table 1

Design parameters of the CEFR [10, 11].

Rod diameter (mm)Cladding thickness (mm)Pitch (mm)Wire wrap diameterWire pitch (mm)Rod length (mm)Cladding average temperature (°C)Average velocity (m/s)

6.00.37.00.9510013505004.51