... 2009 29 10 2010 29 10 2010 creep fission reactor safety internal stresses nuclear reactor steam generators pipes stress relaxation Some steam generators are used to transfer the heat from primary sodium circuit to secondary water circuit. The need to evacuate the flows...

... bending design engineering nuclear reactor steam generators pipes pressure vessels bending LRFD model pressure reliability uncertainty The design of mechanical components, such as piping, according to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel (BPV) Code...

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... reactor steam generators vibrations Fluidelastic instability is the most important vibration excitation mechanism for heat exchanger, or steam generator tube bundles. It leads to very high vibration amplitude and may cause short term failure by fatigue or wear. In nuclear power plant, steam...

..., particularly if fluidelastic instability, random turbulence and loose supports combine adversely. elastodynamics nuclear reactor steam generators two-phase flow vibrations turbulence fission reactor materials elasticity Flow-induced vibration in process equipment continues to attract...

... flow. In process industries, more than half of the heat exchangers operate in two-phase flow. Yet, there is still little information available on vibration and damping of tube bundles in two-phase flow. nuclear reactor steam generators fission reactor materials fission reactor cooling...

... November 2002 19 June 2002 10 February 2003 05 05 2003 nuclear reactor steam generators fission reactor design vibrations structural acoustics damping Acoustic standing waves typically develop within the tube banks inside the confined spaces of the flow channels from...

... detection cracks nuclear reactor steam generators steam turbines stress analysis failure (mechanical) failure analysis The assessment of steam generator tubes with defects is of great importance for the life extension of the nuclear steam generators. Circumferential through-wall cracks...

... 2000 heat exchangers design engineering elastic limit nuclear reactor steam generators Recent efforts to achieve cost savings in heat exchanger tubesheet design have led to increased use of inelastic finite element analysis. The design resulting from an elastic-plastic analysis...