This reactor module aims to add advanced meshing capabilities to MOOSE so that users can create complex-geometry meshes that are related to reactors without turning to external meshing software.
This module consists of a series of new mesh generators to enable meshing of a hexagonal-geometry reactor core. The functionalities of these mesh generators cover:
- Creating unit hexagon meshes as basic components for the core (other polygon meshes can also be created);
- Stitching the unit hexagon meshes and adding appropriate peripheral regions to form hexagon assembly regions;
- Creating unit hexagon meshes with adaptive external boundaries that are stitch-able with assembly meshes;
- Stitching the assembly meshes and adaptive-boundary unit hexagon meshes to form a core mesh;
- Modifying unit hexagon meshes to create azimuthal section blocks to enable static simulation of rotational control drum;
- Adding reporting IDs (extra element integers) to mesh elements to identify pins, assemblies, plane regions.
Aside from the mesh generators, this reactor module also includes a Function object to enable dynamic simulation of rotational control drums in a reactor core mesh.
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