armi.materials.zr module

Zirconium metal

class armi.materials.zr.Zr

Bases: armi.materials.material.Material

Metallic zirconium

name = 'Zirconium'

references = {'density': 'AAA Materials Handbook 45803', 'linear expansion': 'Y.S. Touloukian, R.K. Kirby, R.E. Taylor and P.D. Desai, Thermal Expansion, Thermophysical Properties of Matter, Vol. 12, IFI/Plenum, New York-Washington (1975)', 'linear expansion percent': 'Y.S. Touloukian, R.K. Kirby, R.E. Taylor and P.D. Desai, Thermal Expansion, Thermophysical Properties of Matter, Vol. 12, IFI/Plenum, New York-Washington (1975)', 'thermal conductivity': 'AAA Fuels handbook. ANL'}

The literature references.

linearExpansionTableK = [293, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1136.99999, 1137, 1200, 1400, 1600, 1800]

linearExpansionTable = [5.7e-06, 5.9e-06, 6.6e-06, 7.1e-06, 7.6e-06, 7.9e-06, 8e-06, 8.2e-06, 8.2e-06, 8.2e-06, 9e-06, 9.1e-06, 9.5e-06, 1.03e-05, 1.13e-05]

setDefaultMassFracs()

mass fractions

thermalConductivity(Tk=None, Tc=None)

Thermal conductivity in W/mK.

Reference: AAA Fuels handbook. ANL.

linearExpansion(Tk=None, Tc=None)

linear expansion in m/mK

Reference: Y.S. Touloukian, R.K. Kirby, R.E. Taylor and P.D. Desai, Thermal Expansion,

Thermophysical Properties of Matter, Vol. 12, IFI/Plenum, New York-Washington (1975)

See page 400

linearExpansionPercent(Tk=None, Tc=None)

linear expansion in dL/L

Reference: Y.S. Touloukian, R.K. Kirby, R.E. Taylor and P.D. Desai, Thermal Expansion,

Thermophysical Properties of Matter, Vol. 12, IFI/Plenum, New York-Washington (1975)

See page 400

paramCollectionType

alias of armi.reactor.parameters.parameterCollections.MaterialParameterCollection