A steam explosion assessment by thermalhydraulic and mechanical linked computations

Nicolas Vivien (1) , Marie-France Robbe (2) , Michel Valette (3)

1 IPSN - Institut de Protection et Sûreté Nucléaire
2 DYN - Laboratoire d'études de DYNamique
3 CEA-DES (ex-DEN) - CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire)

The mechanical consequences on a PWR lower plenum vessel are evaluated by initializing fast dynamic calculations of steam explosion with local data issued from a thermalhydraulic code

Mots clés: PWR; steam explosion; fast dynamic calculations; lower plenum vessel

Domaines: Modélisation et simulation; Mécanique des structures [physics.class-ph]; Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]

Nicolas Vivien, Marie-France Robbe, Michel Valette. A steam explosion assessment by thermalhydraulic and mechanical linked computations. 14e International Conference on Structural Mechanics In Reactor Technology, Aug 1997, Lyon, France. pp.323-330. ⟨cea-03119934⟩