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Modifications of the PRONTO 3D finite element program tailored to fast burst nuclear reactor design
This update discusses modifications of PRONTO 3D tailored to the design of fast burst nuclear reactors. A thermoelastic constitutive model and spatially variant thermal history load were added for this special application. Included are descriptions of the thermoelastic constitutive model and the thermal loading algorithm, two example problems used to benchmark the new capability, a user's guide, and PRONTO 3D input files for the example problems. The results from PRONTO 3D thermoelastic finite element analysis are benchmarked against measured data and finite difference calculations. PRONTO 3D is a three-dimensional transient solid dynamics code for analyzing large deformations of highly non-linear materials subjected to high strain rates. The code modifications are implemented in PRONTO 3D Version 5.3.3. 12 refs., 30 figs., 9 tabs.