Scale-model turbine-missile-casing impact tests. Final report. [PWR; BWR]
Three 1/5-scale model turbine missile impact experiments are described in this report. These experiments were performed by SRI in support of the EPRI program to provide bench mark data for assessing turbine missile effects in nuclear plant design. The objective of the SRI experiments was to demonstrate the applicability of scaling in turbine missile impact of steel casing structures by comparing the results of the 1/5-scale tests with comparable full-scale tests performed by Sandia Laboratories. In the scale model experiments, geometric scaling was used where dimensions are reduced by the scale factor while materials, stresses, strains, and velocities remain the same as in the prototype. An explosive launcher was developed to accelerate the 1/5-scale models of a turbine missile to the desired impact velocities. The results of the scale model experiments agreed well with the results of the full-scale experiments and were sufficient to demonstrate scalability.
- Research Organization:
- SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6437793
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-NP-2742; ON: DE83901487
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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