Reinforced flexural elements for TEMP-STRESS Program

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6128685· OSTI ID:6128685

Marchertas, A H; Kennedy, J M; Pfeiffer, P A

The implementation of reinforced flexural elements into the thermal-mechanical finite element program TEMP-STRESS is described. With explicit temporal integration and dynamic relaxation capabilities in the program, the flexural elements provide an efficient method for the treatment of reinforced structures subjected to transient and static loads. The capability of the computer program is illustrated by the solution of several examples: the simulation of a reinforced concrete beam; simulations of a reinforced concrete containment shell which is subjected to internal pressurization, thermal gradients through the walls, and transient pressure loads. The results of this analysis are relevant in the structural design/safety evaluations of typical reactor containment structures. 22 refs., 13 figs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA). Reactor Analysis and Safety Div.
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6128685
• Report Number(s): ANL/RAS-87-3; ON: DE87012961
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BUILDING MATERIALS
BUILDINGS
COMPUTER CODES
CONCRETES
CONTAINMENT
CONTAINMENT BUILDINGS
DATA
DYNAMIC LOADS
ENERGY TRANSFER
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FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
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MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
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NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
NUMERICAL DATA
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
POWER PLANTS
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
REACTOR SAFETY
REINFORCED CONCRETE
REINFORCED MATERIALS
SAFETY
SCALE MODELS
STATIC LOADS
STRESSES
STRUCTURAL BEAMS
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T CODES
THEORETICAL DATA
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
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