Twenty-five impact tests were performed on 1/11-scale models of reinforced-concrete walls. The objective of these tests was to determine experimentally the threshold velocity at which postulated turbine missiles perforate reinforced-concrete walls, such as the containment structures and auxiliary plant structures, found in typical presurized-water-reactor (PWR) plants. Four scale model reinforced-concrete targets and three scale-model turbine missiles were used in the tests. The four targets represent 4.5- and 3.5-ft-thick, heavily reinforced containment walls with steel liners; a 3-ft-thick, lightly reinforced containment wall backed up by a separate steel plate; and a 2-ft-thick, lightly reinforced control room wall. The three 1/11-scale turbine missiles model a 3250-lb missile, a 4000-lb missile, and an 8300-lb missile. The missiles were propelled at velocities from 130 ft/s up to 700 ft/s to strike the target in a piercing orientation (sharp edge impacting), a blunt orientation (broad edge impacting), and a glancing-blow orientation (piercing orientation at 45 exp 0 to the target). Test results are presented. (ERA citation 08:029671)
Scale-Model Tests of Turbine Missile Containment by Reinforced Concrete. Final Report (PWR)
1983
201 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Reactor Engineering & Nuclear Power Plants , Radiation Shielding, Protection, & Safety , PWR Type Reactors , Steam Turbines , Containment Buildings , Reinforced Concrete , Reactor Safety , Failures , Mockup , Missile Protection , Missiles , Impact Strength , Damage , Test Facilities , Performance Testing , Experimental Data , ERDA/220900 , ERDA/210200 , ERDA/360603