• Title of article

    3Dnonlinearfiniteelement/fracturemechanicsanalysisofpressurizednuclearreactorcontainerringOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    VictorESaouma، نويسنده , , EricHansen، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    1
  • To page
    10
  • Abstract
    Nuclearreactorcontainers,withoutinnerliners,mustwithstandinternalpressurizationwithminimalleaktotheoutsidethroughthecracks.Thispaperreportsona3Dfiniteelement(FE)simulationofaprestressednuclearreactorcontainerringsubjectedtointernalpressure.Discretecracksareused,andtheeffectofcracksurfacepressurizationoncrackopeningsisinvestigated. Itisshownthatthediscretecrackmodelcanprovideasuitablealternativetothesmearedcrackone,andthatfortheselectedring,theeffectofadditionalcrackpressurizationisminimal
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894593