2022 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate major in Nuclear Engineering
Experiment on Thermalhydraulic and Severe Accident Engineering
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Nuclear Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Hiroshige Kikura / Gen Endo / Masatoshi Kondo / Hiroshi Sagara / Hideharu Takahashi
- Class Format
- Lecture/Experiment (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-8 Tue (北２号館５７１およびZC研実験室, North 2-571, ZC Lab.)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- NCL.D407
- Number of credits
- 101
- Course offered
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Concerning Thermalhydraulic measurements using ultrasonic waves, after learning measurement principles and techniques, students will learn measurement skills through experiments. Students will learn the basics of robot control, and through transport experiments for robots designed for reactor easurements done after a severe accident, they will acquire basic skills as a robot engineer.
Course description and aims
We will learn about ultrasound measurement technology, one measurement technique useful for when a severe accident occurs at a nuclear facility. Students will also learn about robot transport technology for transporting ultrasonic sensors, through experiments.
Keywords
Thermalhydraulic, Severe accident, Robot control, Ultrasonic Measurement, Velocity Profile Measurement
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
lecturers and experiments
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction and Overall of Thermalhydraulic & Severe Accident Engineering 1 and Basics of Ultrasonic measurement | Understanding of Thermalhydraulic & Severe Accident Engineering and Basics of Ultrasonic measurement |
| Class 2 | Experiment of Ultrasonic Measurement 1 (Velocity Profile measurement in TVF & Pipe Flow) | Mastery of Ultrasonic Basic Measurement Technique using Ultrasonic Velocity Profiler |
| Class 3 | Robot Control Engineering 1 | Understanding of Fundamental Robot Control Engineering |
| Class 4 | Experiment of Robot Arm Control | Understanding of Fundamental Robot Arm Control Technique |
| Class 5 | Thermalhydraulic & Severe Accident Engineering 2 | Understanding of Thermalhydraulic & Fundamental of Severe Accident teaching |
| Class 6 | Experiment of Ultrasonic Measurement 2 (Vector UVP) | Understanding of Application on Ultrasonic Velocity Profile Method |
| Class 7 | Experiment of Ultrasonic Advanced Measurement Technique(Two-Phase Flow and Ultrasonic Flow Mapping) | Mastery of Ultrasonic Basic Measurement Technique using Ultrasonic Velocity Profiler |
| Class 8 | Experiment of Ultrasonic Advanced Measurement Technique(Phaysed Array UVP) | Mastery of Ultrasonic Advanced Measurement Technique (Phayse Array UVP) |
| Class 9 | Thermalhydraulic & Severe Accident Engineering(Liquid Metal) | Student must be able to explain about Thermalhydraulic &Fundamental of Severe Accident related Liquid Metal |
| Class 10 | Experiment of Thermalhydraulic & Severe Accident Engineering(Liquid Metal) | Mastery of Thermalhydraulic &Fundamental of Severe Accident related Liquid Metal |
| Class 11 | Robot control engineering 2 | Understanding of Fundamental Robot Control Engineering |
| Class 12 | Experiment of Robot Vehicle Control | Mastery of Robot Vehicle Control Technique |
| Class 13 | Experiment on Total Control of Robot and Ultrasonic Measurement | Mastery of Combination Technique of Robot Control and Ultrasonic Measurement |
| Class 14 | Total Discussion and Presentation | Total understanding of Combination Technique of Robot Control and Ultrasonic Measurement, and Total Discussions, mastery of Presentation Techniques |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend a certain length of time outside of class on preparation and review (including for assignments), as specified by the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Undergraduate Learning (東京工業大学学修規程) and the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Graduate Learning (東京工業大学大学院学修規程), for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Materials are distributed as needed
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Materials are distributed as needed
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students are evaluated with experiment report.
Related courses
- NCL.N407 ： Nuclear Safety Engineering
- NCL.N405 ： Nuclear Reactor Thermal-hydraulics
Prerequisites
None