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Effectiveness of lining materials in increasing the blast resistance of a simulated outer containment vessel for a nuclear reactor /

Authors: Ewing, W. O., Jr.; Hanna, J. W.; U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.; U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory.;

Effectiveness of lining materials in increasing the blast resistance of a simulated outer containment vessel for a nuclear reactor /

Abstract

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). ; Department of the Army project no. 503-04-002. ; "April 1961" ; BRL-1341 ; 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). ; Mode of access: Internet.

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Nuclear pressure vessels, Blast effect, Nuclear reactors, Coatings, Pressure vessels, Explosives, 621, Nuclear energy

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