Modelling of PWR lower head failure under severe accident loading using improved shells of revolution theory

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2400-2410

  Koundy, Vincent ^a   Hoang, Nguyen Hieu ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; EXPERIMENTS; FLUXES; FUNCTION EVALUATION; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; IRON; LEAD; LOADING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS; STEEL; WATER COOLED REACTORS;

(E ,2E) THEORY; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; DIRECT HEATING; ELSEVIER (CO); EUROPEAN; HEAT FLUX INTENSITY; LOWER HEAD FAILURE (LHF); MATHEMATICAL FORMULATIONS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOURS; MECHANICAL POINTS; PRESSURE LEVELS; PRESSURIZED WATER; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT (PSA); SEVERE ACCIDENT (SA); SEVERE ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT (SAM); SHELLS OF REVOLUTIONS; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; STEAM EXPLOSION; TIME TO FAILURE (TTF); TRANSIENT HEATING;

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EID: 48149092463     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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