Analysis of Effect of Design Transients and Fatigue Damage on RPV Design Life

SUN Ying-xue; DU Juan; LU Yue-chuan

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Jun. 2009

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SUN Ying-xue, DU Juan, LU Yue-chuan. Analysis of Effect of Design Transients and Fatigue Damage on RPV Design Life[J]. Nuclear Power Engineering, 2009, 30(3): 1-3,12.

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SUN Ying-xue, DU Juan, LU Yue-chuan. Analysis of Effect of Design Transients and Fatigue Damage on RPV Design Life[J]. Nuclear Power Engineering, 2009, 30(3): 1-3,12.

SUN Ying-xue, DU Juan, LU Yue-chuan. Analysis of Effect of Design Transients and Fatigue Damage on RPV Design Life[J]. Nuclear Power Engineering, 2009, 30(3): 1-3,12.

Citation:

SUN Ying-xue, DU Juan, LU Yue-chuan. Analysis of Effect of Design Transients and Fatigue Damage on RPV Design Life[J]. Nuclear Power Engineering, 2009, 30(3): 1-3,12.

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Analysis of Effect of Design Transients and Fatigue Damage on RPV Design Life

National Key Laboratory of Reactor System Design Technology, Nuclear Power Institute of China, Chengdu, 610041, China

Received Date: 2008-03-13
Rev Recd Date: 2008-10-10

Available Online: 2025-07-28

Publish Date: 2009-06-15

Abstract

Abstract

This paper presents the effect of design transient and fatigue damage on RPV design life by using the results of fatigue analysis, fatigue crack propagation analysis and fast fracture mechanics analysis. The result shows that 60-year design life of RPV satisfies the RCCM code criteria.
- RPV,
- Design transients,
- Fatigue damage