• Title of article

    Averageforcealongunbondedtendons:afieldstudyatnuclearreactorcontainmentsinSwedenOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    PatrickAnderson، نويسنده , , Lars-ErikBerglund، نويسنده , , JanGustavsson، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    91
  • To page
    100
  • Abstract
    ThetightnessandintegrityofallSwedishreactorcontainmentsdependdirectlyandindirectlyonthefunctionofthepost-tensionedsystem.Thetendonforceincontainmentswithunbondedtendonsisfollowedupatregularin-serviceinspections(ISI)toensurethattheremainingforceissufficient.Attheinspections,thetendonforceismeasuredwithso-calledlift-offtechnique,whereajackisusedtolifttheendanchor.Theinterpretationofthemeasuringresultsisnotobvious.Onedifficulty,whichaffectsalltendonstodifferentextents,istheinfluenceoffrictionbetweenthetendonandduct.Thisinfluencecancausearedistributionofforcealongthetendonsaftertheoriginaltensioning.Theordinarylift-offmethodonlymeasurestheforceattheendofthetendon,whichnotalwaysrepresentsthechangeofforceintherestofthetendon.Amethodformeasuringaverageforcealongatendonispresentedinthisarticle.Inthismethod,theelongationofthetendonismeasuredwhenthejackforceisincreasedtoareferencelevelwithknownforcedistribution.MeasuringresultsfromthelatestISIinSwedenshowthattheendforcehasdecreasedmorethantheaverageforce,especiallyforlongtendonswithhighinfluenceoffriction.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894840