Published 2003 | Version v1
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Fatigue effect of RCS branch line with thermal stratification

  • 1. KOPEC, Yongin (Korea, Republic of)

Description

The load due to the thermal stratification of branch lines, which are connected to reactor coolant system, has not been considered in the design stage. Thermal stratification has been identified as mechanical fluctuations have been observed in a number of operating power plants. Enhanced inspection program has been generally applied to maintain the integrity of these piping lines without any plant specific fatigue analysis. To evaluate the thermal load, in this study, three-dimensional analysis was performed for a branch line of reactor coolant system. In addition, a new supplemental methodology of fatigue effect was proposed based on the ASME Section NB-3000. (author)

Part of:
ICONE-11: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on nuclear engineering

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Imprint Place
Tokyo (Japan)
Imprint Title
ICONE-11: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on nuclear engineering
Imprint Pagination
[3610 p.]
Journal Page Range
[5 p.]

Conference

Title
11. international conference on nuclear engineering
Acronym
ICONE-11
Dates
20-23 Apr 2003
Place
Tokyo (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
Japan
Country of Input or Organization
Japan
INIS RN
35045087
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
FATIGUE; PIPES; PWR TYPE REACTORS; STRATIFICATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL STRESSES; TURBULENCE
Descriptors DEC
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; STRESSES; THERMAL REACTORS; TUBES; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

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Notes
This CD-ROM can be used for WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP, MACINTOSH; Acrobat Reader is included; Data in PDF format, Track No. 03, Session 3-19, ICONE-36541; 8 refs., 7 figs., 1 tab.