• Title of article

    InelasticanalysisofcylindricalsteelcontainmentvesselsunderinternalaccidentconditionsOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    AlexandreLandesmann، نويسنده , , EduardodeMirandaBatista، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    15
  • From page
    541
  • To page
    555
  • Abstract
    Thepresentpaperisconcernedwiththestructuralsafetyassessmentofaproposednuclearsteelcontainmentshellduringapostulatedloss-of-coolantaccidentscenario.Thestructuralevaluationisperformedusingacomputationalsecond-orderrefinedplastic-hingemethod,whichiscapableofaccuratelypredictingallpossiblemodesoffailureinanefficientandcomputationallylessexpensivewaythanthegeneralFEMformulation.Atangentmodulusmodelandagradualreductionoftheinelasticresistancesurfaceareusedtotakeintoaccountdirectlythestructuralstrengthandstabilityperformancesintheelementformulation.Theimplementednumericalmethodprovidesmorereliablesafetymarginsandmaintainability,exhibitingamoreuniformstructuralsafetylevelthanthelinearelasticanalysis.Asimplifiednon-linearheattransfermodel,developedforsymmetricalcross-sections,isusedtodeterminethesteeltemperaturegradientandtoestablishalinkbetweenthethermoandthemechanicalanalysis.Theloadresultingfrompressureandtemperaturethermodynamiccalculations,obtainedfortheaccidentscenario,areconsideredinthestructuralquasi–staticanalysis,sothatthestructuralresponsecanbetrackedfortheentiredurationofthesimulatedaccident.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894869