• Title of article

    ProbabilisticassessmentofthermalfatigueinnuclearcomponentsOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    B. Sudret، نويسنده , , Z.Guédé، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    17
  • From page
    1819
  • To page
    1835
  • Abstract
    Aprobabilisticframeworkissetuptoassessthefatiguelifeofcomponentsofnuclearpowerplants.Itintendstoincorporateallkindsofuncertainties,suchasthoseappearinginthespecimenfatiguestrength(number-of-cycles-to-failureofspecimens),designmarginfactors(takingintoaccountthesize,surfacefinishandenvironmentaleffects),mechanicalmodel(precisely,theuncertaintyonthemodelinputparameters)andthethermalloading.Thispaperpresentstheglobalmethodologyanddetailsthestatisticaltreatmentofthefatiguespecimentestdata.AfirstanalyticalexampleshowsthatthereliabilityofastructuresubmittedtoaperiodicstresscycleSchangessignificantlywithrespecttothevalueofS,althoughthecodified(deterministic)designcriterionisequallyfulfilled.Amorecomprehensiveexampleinvolvingamechanicalmodelofapipesubmittedtoadeterministicinnertemperatureloadingisfinallyanalysed.Theuseofthefirst-orderreliabilitymethod(FORM)allowstocomputetheprobabilityoffailureasafunctionoftheforeseenlifetimeandtoranktheinputrandomvariablesaccordingtotheirimportanceinresponsesensitivity.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894961