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COVERS WP4 Benchmark 1 Fracture mechanical analysis of a thermal shock scenario for a VVER-440 RPV

This paper describes the analytical work done by modelling and evaluating a thermal shock in a WWER-440 reactor pressure vessel due to an emergency case. An axial oriented semielliptical underclad/surface crack is assumed to be located in the core weld line. Threedimensional finite element models are used to compute the global transient temperature and stress-strain fields. By using a three-dimensional submodel, which includes the crack, the local crack stress-strain field is obtained. With a subsequent postprocessing using the j-integral technique the stress intensity factors KI along the crack front are obtained. The results for the underclad and surface crack are provided and compared, together with a critical discussion of the VERLIFE code.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:21650
Date January 2007
CreatorsAbendroth, Martin, Altstadt, Eberhard
PublisherForschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typedoc-type:report, info:eu-repo/semantics/report, doc-type:Text
SourceWissenschaftlich-Technische Berichte / Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf; FZD-474 2007
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Relationurn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-237199, qucosa:22350

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