• Title of article

    ReliabilityanalysisofpipewhipimpactsOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    GintautasDundulis، نويسنده , , RobertasAlzbutas، نويسنده , , RonaldF.Kulak، نويسنده , , PaulV.Marchertas، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    12
  • From page
    1897
  • To page
    1908
  • Abstract
    Aprobability-basedapproachispresentedastheintegrationofprobabilisticmethodsanddeterministicmodellingbasedonthefiniteelementmethod.Anexistingfiniteelementsoftwarepackagewaslinkedtoanexistingprobabilisticpackagetoanalysethecomplexmechanicsthatoccurduringthetransientnon-linearanalysisofimpactproblems.Thismethodologyisappliedtoapipewhipanalysisofagroup-distribution-header,whichresultsfromaguillotinebreak,andsubsequentimpactwiththeadjacentbuildingwall;thisisapostulatedaccidentfortheIgnalinaNuclearPowerPlantRBMK-1500reactors.Theuncertaintiesofmaterialproperties,componentgeometrydataandloadsweretakenintoconsideration.Theprobabilitiesoffailureoftheimpactedheaderandoftheheadersupport-wallwereestimatedgivenuncertaintiesinmaterialproperties,geometricalparametersandloading.ThesoftwareProFESwasusedfortheprobabilisticanalysisandthefiniteelementsoftwareNEPTUNEfordeterministicstructuralintegrityevaluation.TheMonteCarloSimulation,FirstOrderReliabilitymethodandResponseSurfacemethodwereusedintheprobabilisticanalysis.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    895914