Engineering Mechanics

International Conference

Proceedings Vol. 29 (2023)


ENGINEERING MECHANICS 2023

29th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
May 9 – 11, 2023, Milovy, Czech Republic
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Editors: Vojtěch Radolf and Igor Zolotarev

Copyright © 2023 Institute of Thermomechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague

ISBN 978-80-87012-84-0 (printed)
ISBN 978-80-87012-84-0 (electronic)
ISSN 1805-8248 (printed)
ISSN 1805-8256 (electronic)

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Thermal and creep analysis of VVER-1000 reactor pressure vessel at high temperatures caused by fuel melting during severe accident
Gabriel D., Gál, Kotouč M., Dymáček P., Masák, Kopačka J.
pages 71 - 74, full text

Thermal and creep analysis of the VVER-1000 reactor pressure vessel (RPV) was performed at high temperatures caused by fuel melting during severe accident. First, the integral code ASTEC was applied simulating severe accident evolution since an initiating event up to a hypothetical radioactive release into the environment. The ASTEC outputs including the remaining RPV wall thickness, the heat flux achieved and the temperature profile in the ablated vessel wall served as boundary conditions for the consequent assessment of RPV integrity carried out with the aid of finite element method (FEM). The FEM analysis was performed including the creep behaviour of RPV material using a complex creep probabilistic exponential model with damage. The objective of the analysis was to computationally assess emergency condition and, on this basis, to propose a general methodology for evaluating the integrity of RPV at high temperatures due to fuel melting during severe accident.


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