• Title of article

    VulnerabilityofapartiallyfloodedPWRreactorcavitytoasteamexplosionOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    LeonCizelj، نويسنده , , Bo?tjanKon?ar، نويسنده , , Matja?Leskovar، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
  • Pages
    11
  • From page
    1617
  • To page
    1627
  • Abstract
    Whenthehotmoltencorecomesintocontactwiththewaterinthereactorcavityasteamexplosionmayoccur.Asteamexplosionisafuelcoolantinteractionprocesswheretheheattransferfromthemelttowaterissointenseandrapidthatthetimescaleforheattransferisshorterthanthetimescaleforpressurerelief.Thiscanleadtotheformationofshockwavesandlater,duringtheexpansionofthewatervapour,toproductionofmissilesthatmayendangersurroundingstructures. ThepurposeoftheperformedanalysisistoprovideanestimationoftheexpectedpressureloadingsonthetypicalPWRcavitystructuresduringasteamexplosion,andtomakeanassessmentofthevulnerabilitiesofthetypicalPWRcavitystructurestosteamexplosions.Toachievethis,thefit-for-purposesteamexplosionmodelisproposed,followedbycomprehensiveandreasonablyconservativeanalysesoftwotypicalex-vesselsteamexplosioncasesdifferinginthesteamexplosionenergyconversionratio.Inparticular,thevulnerabilityofthesurroundingreinforcedconcretewallstodamagehasbeensoughtinbothcases.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    896113

    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=10&DC=896113