Device and method for mechanically testing a tubular nuclear fuel cladding sample under accident conditions
AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorMatthew BONO
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Abstract
A device for mechanically testing a tubular nuclear fuel cladding sample under accident conditions includes: a deformable cylindrical core designed to be arranged in a mechanical test space by being inserted into the tubular sample, the deformable cylindrical core includes, at its periphery, a winding of an electrically conductive wire, the winding including a first connection end designed to be electrically connected to one of the compression pistons, and which includes a second connection end designed to be electrically connected to the other compression piston; and an electric generator designed to cause an electric current to flow between the two compression pistons and in the winding.
Claims14
A device for mechanically testing a tubular nuclear fuel cladding sample under accident conditions, the device comprising:
- two compression pistons that can move relative to one another along a clamping axis and define a mechanical test space between them, the compression pistons comprise at least one electrically conductive portion
- a deformable cylindrical core designed to be arranged in the mechanical test space, by being inserted into said tubular nuclear fuel cladding sample, this deformable cylindrical core comprising, at its periphery, a winding of an electrically conductive wire, this winding comprising a first connection end designed to be electrically connected to one of the compression pistons, and a second connection end designed to be electrically connected to the other compression piston;
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- an electric generator designed to cause an electric current to flow between the two compression pistons and in said winding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.