General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
SL-DES-25-0277
Thesis topic details
Category
Miscellaneous
Thesis topics
Tri-axial cell investigations and consideration of the influence of the behaviour of the agglomerates (U-Pu)O2 microstructure on the simulation of fuel shaping
Contract
Thèse
Job description
The research topic concerns the influence of the behaviour of the (U-Pu)O2 agglomerate microstructure on the simulation of fuel shaping through triaxial cell investigations. It is based on multi-scale experimental and numerical studies in order to propose simulations of the shaping of actinide fuels, taking into account the breakage and rearrangement of agglomerates in the behaviour laws VER on homogenised VER. To this end, investigations in triaxial cells are envisaged, on the one hand on VER using X-CT tomography on simulating inactive model powders and on the other hand on industrial-sized samples on real active powders. Fracture tests using X-ray tomography will also be carried out on inactive materials and without tomography on active materials, in order to compare experimental and numerical results in the case of damage to pre-sintered fuels. A comparison will also be planned to take into account the impact of the proposed approach on the parameters of the models currently used for macroscopic simulations of fuel shaping on an industrial scale.
University / doctoral school
Ingénierie - Matériaux - Environnement - Energétique - Procédés - Production (IMEP2)
Université Grenoble Alpes
Thesis topic location
Site
Marcoule
Requester
Position start date
01/10/2025
Person to be contacted by the applicant
BAYLE Jean Philippe
jean-philippe.bayle@cea.fr
CEA
DES/DMRC
DES/ISEC/DMRC/SPTC/LSEM
0466791890
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
VIGGIANI Cino
cino.viggiani@3sr-grenoble.fr
UMR5521
3SR
1270 rue de la piscine 38610 Gières
0476825146
En savoir plus
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jean-Bayle/research
LSEM
3SR