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Mesoscale modeling of microstructure-dependent thermal conductivity in U-Zr fuels
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NSTL
Elsevier
In uranium-zirconium (U-Zr) based metallic fuels, different phases can form at different compositions and temperatures. Typically, lamellar delta-UZr2 and alpha-U phases are the dominant microstructures in U-rich U-Zr alloys at temperatures below 880 K. In this work, a finite element method based mesoscale modeling technique is used to calculate the effective thermal conductivities of such heterogeneous microstructures, using the thermal conductivities of two individual phases and their interphase thermal resistance (Kapitza resistance) as input parameters. The Kapitza resistance between delta-UZr2 and alpha-U is determined at different temperatures, which shows an approximately T-3 dependence in the temperature range be-tween 300 and 800 K. In addition, the Kapitza resistance exhibits a strong dependence on the aspect ratio of the delta-UZr2 phase. An analytical model is therefore developed to quantify the effects of both temperature and delta-UZr2 aspect ratio on the Kapitza resistance. Using this newly developed Kapitza resistance model, the effective thermal conductivities of a number of delta-UZr2 + alpha-U heterogeneous microstructures in U-Zr alloys, including non-lamellar microstructures, can be estimated accurately. (C) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
NSTL
Elsevier
