Computational Symmetric Grain Boundary Energy of Thorium Dioxide
Location
Statesboro Campus (2054)
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis Presentation (Open Access)
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Shaowen Xu
Faculty Mentor Email
shaowenxu@georgiasouthern.edu
Presentation Year
2022
Start Date
16-11-2022 7:05 PM
End Date
16-11-2022 8:05 PM
Description
With fossil fuels being depleted at a faster rate than ever, there has been an effort to convert fossil fuel energy to different forms of green energy. One of these forms is nuclear power, and while nuclear power itself is not new, new fuel sources for different types of reactors are being developed. This study aims to do computational experiments on Thorium Dioxide (a potential new nuclear fuel source) to look for the lowest grain boundary energy. Different orientations of the materials grain boundary will be put through the molecular dynamics program (LAMMPS) in search for the lowest energy and any trends from the different orientations.
Academic Unit
Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing
Computational Symmetric Grain Boundary Energy of Thorium Dioxide
Statesboro Campus (2054)
With fossil fuels being depleted at a faster rate than ever, there has been an effort to convert fossil fuel energy to different forms of green energy. One of these forms is nuclear power, and while nuclear power itself is not new, new fuel sources for different types of reactors are being developed. This study aims to do computational experiments on Thorium Dioxide (a potential new nuclear fuel source) to look for the lowest grain boundary energy. Different orientations of the materials grain boundary will be put through the molecular dynamics program (LAMMPS) in search for the lowest energy and any trends from the different orientations.
