Title of article :
Gasleakageratethroughreinforcedconcreteshearwalls:NumericalstudyOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors :
TingWang، نويسنده , , TaraC.Hutchinson، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
Abstract :
Unlinedreinforcedconcreteshearwallsareoftenusedas‘tertiaryboundaries’intheUnitedStatesDepartmentofEnergy(DOE)tohousedangerousgases.Anunanticipatedevent,suchasanearthquake,maycausegasesstoredinsidethewallstodisperseintotheenvironmentresultinginexcesspollution.Toaddressthisconcern,inthispaper,amethodologytonumericallypredictthegasleakageratethroughtheseshearwallsunderlateralloadingconditionsisproposed.Thismethodologyinvolvesfiniteelementandflowrateanalysis.Straindistributionsareobtainedfromthefiniteelementanalysis,andthenusedtosimulatethecrackcharacteristicsontheconcretespecimen.Theflowratethroughthedamagedconcretespecimenisthenestimatedusingflowrateformulasavailablefromtheliterature.Resultsfromanexperimentalspecimenareusedtoevaluatethemethodology,andparticularlyitsrobustnessintheflowrateestimation.
Journal title :
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Journal title :
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah