AGC-3 Specimen Load Calculations by Stack
This Engineering Calculations and aAnalysis Report (ECAR) documents the results of the threshold averaging on the load cell data taken during the third advanced graphite creep (AGC) test, AGC 3. Specimens were irradiated in the Advance Test Reactor (ATR) during Cycles 152B, 154B, 155A, and 155B (the AGC-3 capsule was not in ATR for Cycles 153A/B and 154A). During each cycle, the specimens located in the upper portions of the stacks were subjected to a compressive load. The applied load of each stack was monitored and load data were recorded in 1 minute intervals. Collecting data detailing the loads applied over the life of the experiment is necessary for use in future analyses. This load summary data will be used in creep rate estimations and post irradiation examination of material properties.