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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Autores principales: Kai LU, Jinya KATSUYAMA, Yinsheng LI, Yuhei MIYAMOTO, Takatoshi HIROTA, Yu ITABASHI, Masaki NAGAI, Masahide SUZUKI, Yasuhiro KANTO
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spelling 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)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic structural integrity assessment
probabilistic fracture mechanics
reactor pressure vessel
neutron irradiation embrittlement
pressurized thermal shock
Mechanical engineering and machinery
TJ1-1570
spellingShingle structural integrity assessment
probabilistic fracture mechanics
reactor pressure vessel
neutron irradiation embrittlement
pressurized thermal shock
Mechanical engineering and machinery
TJ1-1570
Kai LU
Jinya KATSUYAMA
Yinsheng LI
Yuhei MIYAMOTO
Takatoshi HIROTA
Yu ITABASHI
Masaki NAGAI
Masahide SUZUKI
Yasuhiro KANTO
Recent verification activities on probabilistic fracture mechanics analysis code PASCAL4 for reactor pressure vessel
description 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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author Kai LU
Jinya KATSUYAMA
Yinsheng LI
Yuhei MIYAMOTO
Takatoshi HIROTA
Yu ITABASHI
Masaki NAGAI
Masahide SUZUKI
Yasuhiro KANTO
author_facet Kai LU
Jinya KATSUYAMA
Yinsheng LI
Yuhei MIYAMOTO
Takatoshi HIROTA
Yu ITABASHI
Masaki NAGAI
Masahide SUZUKI
Yasuhiro KANTO
author_sort Kai LU
title Recent verification activities on probabilistic fracture mechanics analysis code PASCAL4 for reactor pressure vessel
title_short Recent verification activities on probabilistic fracture mechanics analysis code PASCAL4 for reactor pressure vessel
title_full Recent verification activities on probabilistic fracture mechanics analysis code PASCAL4 for reactor pressure vessel
title_fullStr Recent verification activities on probabilistic fracture mechanics analysis code PASCAL4 for reactor pressure vessel
title_full_unstemmed Recent verification activities on probabilistic fracture mechanics analysis code PASCAL4 for reactor pressure vessel
title_sort recent verification activities on probabilistic fracture mechanics analysis code pascal4 for reactor pressure vessel
publisher The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
publishDate 2020
url https://doaj.org/article/a0cb1ac09d11407d8a3bd69bd0f2080e
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