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)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0259902
Entities
People
- J. W. Hanna
- W. O. Ewing Jr
Organizations
- Ballistic Research Laboratory