Optimization of the concrete delayed deformations by Kalman filter

Imperviousness of French nuclear power plants containments has to secure radioactive products confinement during incident or accident. Temporal evolution of containments is obtained through the numerical model Code Aster that purpose is to detect if some fissure could appear and as a consequence, imperviousness lost. In parallel, sensors are placed all around the containments to follow real time deformations. In this paper, Kalman filter analysis of an extensometer data is used to optimize eight parameters of the numerical model Code Aster. This method allows us to improve the concrete delayed behaviors modelization and supplies uncertainties to the forecast of the containment evolution. (author)