Statistical characterisation of Bub>2ub> for nuclear pipe bends: In-plane closing moment

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• 作者：Pronab Roy up>pronabroy07@gmail.comup> ; Siddhartha Ghoshup> ; up>up>sghosh@civil.iitb.ac.inup>
• 关键词：Nuclear pipe bend ; Primary stress index ; Monte Carlo simulation ; In-plane closing moment ; Probabilistic characterisation
• 刊名：Nuclear Engineering and Design
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：132_00295493
• 类别：et
• 出版时间：August, 2012
• 卷：249
• 期：Complete
• 页码：268-274
• 文件大小：462 K

摘要

In recent years, the necessity of reliability-based design has received significant attention from researchers working in the area of pressure vessels and nuclear piping. Preliminary guidelines have been formulated for the reliability-based design of straight pipes using the load and resistance factor design (LRFD) format. In order to formulate similar LRFD design equations for pipe bends and elbows, the first step is a statistical characterisation of the stress indices Bub>1ub> and Bub>2ub>, which play a significant role for the stress analysis of bend geometry. This paper focuses on the statistical characterisation of Bub>2ub>, which arises due to fabrication/geometric uncertainties, for a thin stainless steel pipe with a 90掳 bend, subjected to in-plane closing moment. Based on Monte Carlo simulation and nonlinear finite element analyses, the code-based expression for Bub>2ub> is revised with a random variable K replacing the constant numerator. The statistics for K are provided for different pipe nominal dimensions. The overall mean value of K indicates that the existing code provision gives a conservative estimate of plastic collapse moment for pipe bends subjected to in-plane closing bending moments.