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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 46, Issue 11, 110606(2023)

Development of a large-deformation model for the pressure-vessel lower head and analysis of its application in the FOREVER experiment

Runze ZHAI¹, Bin ZHANG^1,2、*, Hao YANG¹, Pengcheng GAO¹, Shaowei TANG¹, and Jianqiang SHAN^1,2

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¹School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China

²State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China

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Runze ZHAI, Bin ZHANG, Hao YANG, Pengcheng GAO, Shaowei TANG, Jianqiang SHAN. Development of a large-deformation model for the pressure-vessel lower head and analysis of its application in the FOREVER experiment[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2023, 46(11): 110606

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Mar. 24, 2023

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Published Online: Dec. 23, 2023

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DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2023.hjs.46.110606

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