AnalysisofaircraftimpacttoconcretestructuresOriginalResearchArticle

Analysisofaircraftimpacttonuclearpowerplantstructuresisdiscussedutilizingasimplifiedmodelofa“fictitiousnuclearbuilding”toperformanalysesusingLS-DYNAsoftware,representingtheloading:(i)bytheRieraforcehistorymethodand(ii)bymodelingthecrashbyimpactingamodelofaplanesimilartoBoeing747-400tothestructure(i.e.,“missile–targetinteractionmethod”).Pointsdiscussedinclude:(1)comparisonofshockloadingwithinthebuildingasobtainedfromtheRieraforcehistoryanalysisversusfromthemissile–targetinteractionanalysis,(2)sensitivityoftheresultsontheassumedRieraforceloadingarea,(3)linearversusnonlinearmodelingand(4)onfailurecriteria.