Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Blast effect
ISBN : UOM:39015086541235
Effectiveness of Lining Materials in Increasing the Blast Resistance of a Simulated Outer Containment Vessel for a Nuclear Reactor by Anonim Pdf
A five-foot-diameter, spherical, thin-walled, steel shell, simulating a nuclear reactor outer containment vessel, was lined with three different shock absorbing materials and subjected to internal blast loading from Pentolite explosive charges. Strain-time histories of shell response were measured with strain gages on the shell's outer surface. Peak strains generated in the lined shells were approximately one-half those recorded with the same shell when unlined. The results suggest the feasibility of increasing the blast resistance of outer containment vessels of nuclear reactors through the use of a suitable lining material. (Author).