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Basha, S.M.; Ghosh, Barnali; Patnaik, R.; Ramanujam, S.; Singh, R.K.; Kushwaha, H.S.; Venkat Raj, V.
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)2000
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)2000
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[en] Pre-stressed concrete nuclear containment serves as the ultimate barrier against the release of radioactivity to the environment. This ultimate barrier must be checked for its ultimate load carrying capacity. BARC participated in a Round Robin analysis activity which is co-sponsored by Sandia National Laboratory, USA and Nuclear Power Engineering Corporation Japan for the pre-test prediction of a 1:4 size Pre-stressed Concrete Containment Vessel. In house finite element code ULCA was used to make the test predictions of displacements and strains at the standard output locations. The present report focuses on the important landmarks of the pre-test results, in sequential terms of first crack appearance, loss of pre-stress, first through thickness crack, rebar and liner yielding and finally liner tearing at the ultimate load. Global and local failure modes of the containment have been obtained from the analysis. Finally sensitivity of the numerical results with respect to different types of liners and different constitutive models in terms of bond strength between concrete and steel and tension-stiffening parameters are examined. The report highlights the important features which could be observed during the test and guidelines are given for improving the prediction in the post test computation after the test data is available. (author)
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Feb 2000; 188 p; 10 refs., figs., tabs., 1 ill.
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BUILDING MATERIALS, CALCULATION METHODS, CHEMICAL REACTIONS, COMPOSITE MATERIALS, COMPUTER CODES, CONCRETES, CONTAINERS, DATA, DECOMPOSITION, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, INFORMATION, MATERIALS, MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, NUMERICAL DATA, NUMERICAL SOLUTION, POWER REACTORS, PYROLYSIS, REACTORS, SAFETY, SYSTEM FAILURE ANALYSIS, SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, TENSILE PROPERTIES, TESTING, THERMAL REACTORS, THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES, WATER COOLED REACTORS, WATER MODERATED REACTORS
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