HU Lina YU Huajin WANG Yueying. Study on the thermal fatigue of tee in the first loop of nuclear reactor[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2013, 36(4): 040637 DOI: 10.11889/j.0253-3219.2013.hjs.36.040637.
Background: Thermal stress will be occurred in the Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor when it starts or stops
after a number of cycles
thermal fatigue damages will be emerged
especially in the connection areas of tees.Purpose: To study the relations between the angles and the fatigue life in tees.Methods: The thermal fatigue life and fatigue damage coefficient of the tees of different angles are computed by the ANSYS software.Results: This paper gives a function charactering the relations between the fatigue allowable intensity and the tee angle.Conclusions: The fatigue strength is reducing with the decreasing of angle
which can provide certain valuable reference for designing tee nuclear reactor.