FEM-computation of load carrying capacity of highly loaded passive components by direct methods

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 349-358

  Heitzer, M ^a   Staat, M ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PIPING SYSTEMS; PLASTICITY; PRESSURE VESSELS; SAFETY FACTOR; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0033352516     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00190-9     Document Type: Article

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