Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : The 30th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE30)
Date : May 21, 2023 - May 26, 2023
Clarifying the dynamic buckling behavior of PWR steel reactor containment vessels (PWR-CVs) subject to seismic excitation is critical for improving a numerical seismic design scheme for PWR-CVs. In evaluating the static elastic-plastic buckling strength for PWR-CVs by a finite element (FE) analysis, first we compute the moments and axial forces acting onto the multiple lumped mass beam model of a targeted PWR-CV from the linear dynamic analysis, second using the buckling evaluation formula on JEAG 4601 addenda-1984 we calculate the equivalent static load distributions in terms of shear and axial forces as input loads to the FE model. This static FE buckling analysis for a PWR-CV idealizes dynamic buckling phenomena as be static phenomena, so we cannot basically consider the effects of dynamic behavior on the buckling strength of a PWR-CV. To tackle more realistic buckling assessment of a PWR-CV, we carried out the linear dynamic analysis for a PWRCV FE numerical model and discussed the features of the response considering the oval vibration modes. It was revealed that the response accompanying the oval vibration modes showed the lower value compared with that from the static FE buckling analysis. In contrast, in a previous study by Hidaka et al., 2022, it was discussed that the buckling load of static FE buckling analysis for a PWR-CV is higher than the buckling load of buckling evaluation formula on JEAG4601. As a result, the ratio of buckling load to response in the linear dynamic FE analysis was within 3% of that in the static FE buckling analysis.
