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PhD position in Development of vibrational technique for solicitation, measurement and interpretation to characterize the interactions between components of a complex structure in an extreme environment

PhD position in Development of vibrational technique for solicitation, measurement and interpretation to characterize the interactions between components of a complex structure in an extreme environment

France 30 Jun 2021
Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-Marseille Université

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PhD position: Aix-Marseille University’s 3 year PhD contract

Mechanics, Dynamics, Nuclear physics, Instrumentation

Abstract

Pellet-Cladding Interaction (PCI) in a Light Water Reactor is one of the major concerns to guarantee fuel rod clad integrity of PWR nuclear reactor during operations needed to follow power grid demand. In order to forbid operations leading to clad failure, modeling capability to simulate the mechanism has improved through the years. And, Codes need more and more detailed and precise experimental data. Until now, those data result from dedicated irradiation programs, named “power ramp tests”, carried out in experimental devices in Material Testing Reactors, ISABELLE in OSIRIS in the past and the future ADELINE in the Jules Horowitz Reactor JHR.

There is currently no instrumentation for online PCI detection required for full validation of the modeling scheme.

A previous work has shown that it is possible to measure, under specific conditions, the effects of PCI on the vibrations of a nuclear fuel rod subjected to axial excitation of turbulent flow under external conditions. The objective of this PhD thesis will then be to develop a general process, including the three aspects, modelling, measurement and data processing, in order to improve existing methods capable of providing precise information on the mechanical interactions of the components of a complex structure in a very constrained context (limited space for instrumentation, high temperatures, irradiation, etc.).

Instrumentation, Mechanical Engineering (including structural dynamics aspects), Nuclear Physics

30th June 2021

- Grades from last completed degree

- Cover letter & Curriculum Vitae

- Letter of recommendation if applicable

- The internship report at the end of the study possibly

Please send your full application or any further request at isfin-direction@univ-amu.fr, lebon@lma.cnrs-mrs.fr

More information at:

https://www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/institut-sciences-de-la-fusion-et-de-linstrumentation-en-environnements-nucleaires-isfin

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