Structural analysis of an underground reinforced concrete waste storage tank due to over-pressurization

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6865560

Xu, J; Bandyopadhyay, K; Shteyngart, S ^[1]; Eckert, H ^[2]

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1. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
2. USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

This paper presents the results of a structural analysis performed by use of the finite element method in determining the pressure-carrying capacity of an underground tank which contains nuclear wastes. The tank and surrounding soil were modeled and analyzed using the ABAQUS program. Special emphases were given on determining the effects of soil-containment interaction by employing Coulomb friction model. The effect of material properties was investigated by considering two sets of stress-strain data for the steel plates. In addition, a refined mesh was used to evaluate the strain concentration effects at steel liner thickness discontinuities.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6865560
• Report Number(s): BNL-48363; CONF-930352-14; ON: DE93007272
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2. international conference on nuclear engineering, San Francisco, CA (United States), 21-24 Mar 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
CONCRETES
PRESSURE EFFECTS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
STEELS
FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
LINERS
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS
STRAINS
STRESSES
TANKS
ALLOYS
BUILDING MATERIALS
CALCULATION METHODS
CONTAINERS
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
MATERIALS
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
STORAGE
WASTES
052002* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage
360603 - Materials- Properties