Analytical predictions for the performance of a reinforced concrete containment model subject to overpressurization

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6189385

Weatherby, J R; Clauss, D B

Under the sponsorship of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Sandia National Laboratories is investigating methods for predicting the structural performance of nuclear reactor containment buildings under hypothesized severe accident conditions. As part of this program, a 1/6th-scale reinforced concrete containment model will be pressurized to failure in early 1987. Data generated by the test will be compared to analytical predictions of the structural response in order to assess the accuracy and reliability of the analytical techniques. As part of the pretest analysis effort, Sandia has conducted a number of analyses of the containment structure using the ABAQUS general purpose finite element code. This paper describes results from a nonlinear axisymmetric shell analysis as well as the material models and failure criteria used in conjunction with the analysis.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6189385
• Report Number(s): SAND-86-1648C; CONF-870812-4; ON: DE87006120
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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