Published June 1982 | Version v1
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Automobile impact forces on concrete wall panels. Technical report

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The objective of this study was to develop force-time impact signature data for use in the design or evaluation of nuclear power plant structures subject to tornado-borne automotive vehicle impact. The approach was based on the use of analytical vehicle models to calculate imact forces. To assess the significance of vehicle/structure interaction for head-on impact force-histories, a lumped-mass model of a reinforced concrete wall panel was coupled to a one-dimensional vehicle model for numerous panel design configurations within the range of practical interest. Vehicle-structure interaction was found to have relatively little effect on the force histories

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS, PC A12/MF A01.

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Imprint Pagination
262 p.
Report number
NUREG/CR--2790

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
14761435
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CONTAINMENT SHELLS; IMPACT SHOCK; IMPACT TESTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; TORNADOES; VEHICLES
Descriptors DEC
CONTAINMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL TESTS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; SIMULATION; TESTING; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; WIND