EVALUATION ON MECHANICAL FRACTURE OF PWR PRESSURE VESSEL AND MODELING BASED ON NEURAL NETWORK
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https://doi.org/10.17146/tdm.2016.18.2.2641Keywords:
Material resistance, mechanical fracture, neural network, PWR, pressure vessel, crack propagationAbstract
The important component of the PWR is a pressure vessel. The material resistance in the pressure vessel needs to be evaluated. One way of evaluation is by the mechanical fracture analysis. The modeling needs to know the phenomena of the analysis result in general. A number of researches have been completed on the calculation of mechanical fracture in the pressure vessel with an internal load. The mechanical fracture was modeled using a neural network approach. In relation to the material resistance of the pressure vessel, which is used in PWR AP1000, the material must be evaluated because of the effect of the load. The modeling is needed to predict the effect of the load. The aim of this study is to evaluate the material resistance through mechanical fracture analysis because of the influence load on the pressure vessel on PWR AP1000. The material, which was observed, is SA 508. This analysis consists of the calculation of stress intensity factor and J-integral with some load at the crack propagation position. The fracture mechanic was analyzed by finite element simulation. The result of Stress Intensity factor and J-Integral was compared with fracture toughness to know the durability of the material. The modeling of J-Integral and Stress Intensity Factor were obtained for some load based on neural network approach.
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