Title of article
Seismicanalysisofheavy-liquid-metal-cooledreactorvesselsOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors
JBuongiorno، نويسنده , , B.DHawkes، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
Pages
13
From page
305
To page
317
Abstract
Thelinear-elasticseismicanalysisforthevesselofaheavy-liquid-metalreactorwasundertakenbasedontheDesignResponseSpectrum(DRS)approachandfora0.5gearthquake.Foursupporttypesforthevesselwereanalyzedanditwasfoundthattherollsupportexhibitsthebestoverallperformance.Thevariationofthenormal-modefrequencyandtotalpeakstressintensitywiththevesseldiameterandthicknesswasalsostudied.Itwasfoundthatthefrequencyofthefirstnormalmodeincreaseswithincreasingvesseldiameterandthickness,whilethetotalpeakstressintensitydecreaseswithincreasingvesselthicknessandisroughlyindependentofthevesseldiameter.Twonewdimensionlessgroupsareintroducedthatenablecorrelationofthefrequencyandstress-intensitydatawithadequateaccuracy.Itisproposedthatthesecorrelationsbeusedforquickestimateoftheseismicresponseofavesselofarbitrarysize,materialandcontained(heavy)fluid,subjecttoanearthquakeofarbitrarymagnitude.
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year
2004
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number
894688
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