• Title of article

    StructuralintegrityanalysisofanIgnalinanuclearpowerplantbuildingsubjectedtoanairplanecrashOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    GintautasDundulis، نويسنده , , RonaldF.Kulak، نويسنده , , AlgirdasMarchertas، نويسنده , , EugenijusUspuras، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    1503
  • To page
    1512
  • Abstract
    Recentterroristattacksusingcommandeeredcommercialairlinersoncivilstructureshaveraisedtheissueoftheabilityofnuclearpowerplantstosurvivetheconsequencesofanairlinercrash.ThestructuralintegrityanalysisduetotheeffectsofanaircraftcrashonanIgnalinanuclearpowerplant(INPP)accidentlocalizationsystem(ALS)buildingisthesubjectofthispaper.Acombinationofthefiniteelementmethodandempiricalrelationshipswereusedfortheanalysis.AglobalstructuralintegrityanalysiswasperformedforaportionoftheALSbuildingusingthedynamicloadingfromanaircraftcrashimpactmodel.Thelocaleffectscausedbyimpactoftheaircraftʹsengineonthebuildingwallwereevaluatedindependentlybyusinganempiricalformula. TheresultsfromthecrashanalysisofatwinenginecommercialaircraftshowthattheimpactedreinforcedconcretewalloftheALSbuildingwillnothavethrough-the-wallconcretefailure,andthereinforcementwillnotfail.Strain-rateeffectswerefoundtodelaytheonsetofcracking.Therefore,thestructuralintegrityoftheimpactedwalloftheINPPALSbuildingwillbemaintainedduringthecrasheventstudied.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2007
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    941411