The ball tank of the research reactor CIRUS is exposed to solar radiation. The ambient temperature undergoes seasonal and diurnal variation. The resulting thermal stress could be significant for the large structure. The temperature distribution has been obtained by the finite element method. The paper presents temperature distribution and the resulting thermal stress.

Issue Section:
Research Papers
Keywords:
thermal stresses, stress analysis, solar radiation, fission research reactors, finite element analysis, fission reactor theory, fission reactor materials, fission reactor cooling, Thermal Stress, Solar Radiation, Temperature, Finite Element Method, NISA
Topics:
Solar radiation, Temperature, Temperature distribution, Thermal stresses
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Radiation Atlas of India, Director General of Metrology, Government of India, India Meteorological Department, New Delhi, India.
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