Beneficial influence of the weldment rupture of cask impact limiter case on the impact absorbing behavior

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 263-279

  Ku, J H ^a   Seo, K S ^a   Park, S W ^a   Kim, Y J ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BUCKLING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FILLER METALS; KINETIC ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION;

CASK IMPACT ANALYSIS; WELDMENT RUPTURE;

IMPACT TESTING;

EID: 0034174015     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00305-2     Document Type: Article

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