Recent verification activities on probabilistic fracture mechanics analysis code PASCAL4 for reactor pressure vessel
Probabilistic fracture mechanics (PFM) is considered a promising methodology in assessing the integrity of structural components in nuclear power plants because it can rationally represent the influence parameters in their probabilistic distributions without over-conservativeness. In Japan, Japan At...
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oai:doaj.org-article:a0cb1ac09d11407d8a3bd69bd0f2080e2021-11-29T05:56:31ZRecent verification activities on probabilistic fracture mechanics analysis code PASCAL4 for reactor pressure vessel2187-974510.1299/mej.19-00573https://doaj.org/article/a0cb1ac09d11407d8a3bd69bd0f2080e2020-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mej/7/3/7_19-00573/_pdf/-char/enhttps://doaj.org/toc/2187-9745Probabilistic fracture mechanics (PFM) is considered a promising methodology in assessing the integrity of structural components in nuclear power plants because it can rationally represent the influence parameters in their probabilistic distributions without over-conservativeness. In Japan, Japan Atomic Energy Agency has developed a PFM analysis code PASCAL4 (PFM Analysis of Structural Components in Aging LWRs Version 4) which enables the probabilistic integrity assessment of reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) considering neutron irradiation embrittlement and pressurized thermal shock events. Several efforts have been made to verify PASCAL4 to ensure that this code can provide reliable analysis results. In particular, a Japanese working group, which consists of different participants from the industry and from universities and institutes, has been established to conduct the verification studies. This paper summarizes verification activities of the working group in the past two years. Based on those verification activities, the reliability and applicability of PASCAL4 for structural integrity assessments of Japanese RPVs have been confirmed with great confidence.Kai LUJinya KATSUYAMAYinsheng LIYuhei MIYAMOTOTakatoshi HIROTAYu ITABASHIMasaki NAGAIMasahide SUZUKIYasuhiro KANTOThe Japan Society of Mechanical Engineersarticlestructural integrity assessmentprobabilistic fracture mechanicsreactor pressure vesselneutron irradiation embrittlementpressurized thermal shockMechanical engineering and machineryTJ1-1570ENMechanical Engineering Journal, Vol 7, Iss 3, Pp 19-00573-19-00573 (2020) |
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Probabilistic fracture mechanics (PFM) is considered a promising methodology in assessing the integrity of structural components in nuclear power plants because it can rationally represent the influence parameters in their probabilistic distributions without over-conservativeness. In Japan, Japan Atomic Energy Agency has developed a PFM analysis code PASCAL4 (PFM Analysis of Structural Components in Aging LWRs Version 4) which enables the probabilistic integrity assessment of reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) considering neutron irradiation embrittlement and pressurized thermal shock events. Several efforts have been made to verify PASCAL4 to ensure that this code can provide reliable analysis results. In particular, a Japanese working group, which consists of different participants from the industry and from universities and institutes, has been established to conduct the verification studies. This paper summarizes verification activities of the working group in the past two years. Based on those verification activities, the reliability and applicability of PASCAL4 for structural integrity assessments of Japanese RPVs have been confirmed with great confidence. |
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Kai LU Jinya KATSUYAMA Yinsheng LI Yuhei MIYAMOTO Takatoshi HIROTA Yu ITABASHI Masaki NAGAI Masahide SUZUKI Yasuhiro KANTO |
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Kai LU Jinya KATSUYAMA Yinsheng LI Yuhei MIYAMOTO Takatoshi HIROTA Yu ITABASHI Masaki NAGAI Masahide SUZUKI Yasuhiro KANTO |
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Recent verification activities on probabilistic fracture mechanics analysis code PASCAL4 for reactor pressure vessel |
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Recent verification activities on probabilistic fracture mechanics analysis code PASCAL4 for reactor pressure vessel |
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Recent verification activities on probabilistic fracture mechanics analysis code PASCAL4 for reactor pressure vessel |
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Recent verification activities on probabilistic fracture mechanics analysis code PASCAL4 for reactor pressure vessel |
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Recent verification activities on probabilistic fracture mechanics analysis code PASCAL4 for reactor pressure vessel |
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recent verification activities on probabilistic fracture mechanics analysis code pascal4 for reactor pressure vessel |
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