The purpose of the paper is to provide experimental results for the limit pressure of a vessel-nozzle intersection under internal pressure with and without an intermediate pad-reinforced opening d/D=0.526. Two different methods, double elastic-slope and tangent intersection, are employed to determine the experimental limit pressure. A comparison of the limit and burst pressures with and without pad reinforcement is carried out. The present test results indicate that the pad reinforcement significantly improves the limit and the bust pressures. It can thus be concluded that pad reinforcement is an effective reinforcement method.

Issue Section:
Technical Papers
Keywords:
fission reactor design, fission reactor materials, fission reactor safety, pressure vessels
Topics:
Cylinders, Nozzles, Pressure, Vessels, Stress, Pressure vessels, Dimensions
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