In-Line Pipe Device Checking by Short-Period Analysis of Transient Tests

2011 ◽  
Vol 137 (7) ◽  
pp. 713-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Meniconi ◽  
Bruno Brunone ◽  
Marco Ferrante
2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Iolascon ◽  
Annarita Capaldo ◽  
Valentina Orlando ◽  
Enrica Menditto ◽  
Francesca Gimigliano

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong Chull Jo ◽  
Frederick J. Moody

This paper presents a multidimensional numerical analysis of the transient thermal-hydraulic response of a steam generator (SG) secondary side to a double-ended guillotine break of the main steam line attached to the SG at a pressurized water reactor (PWR) plant. A simplified analysis model is designed to include both the SG upper space, which the steam occupies and a part of the main steam line between the SG outlet nozzle and the pipe break location upstream of the main steam isolation valve. The transient steam flow through the analysis model is simulated using the shear stress transport (SST) turbulence model. The steam is treated as a real gas. To model the steam generation by heat transfer from the primary coolant to the secondary side coolant for a short period during the blow down process following the main steam line break (MSLB) accident, a constant amount of steam is assumed to be generated from the bottom of the SG upper space part. Using the numerical approach mentioned above, calculations have been performed for the analysis model having the same physical dimensions of the main steam line pipe and initial operational conditions as those for an actual operating plant. The calculation results have been discussed in detail to investigate their physical meanings and validity. The results demonstrate that the present computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model is applicable for simulating the transient thermal-hydraulic responses in the event of the MSLB accident including the blowdown-induced dynamic pressure disturbance in the SG. In addition, it has been found that the dynamic hydraulic loads acting on the SG tubes can be increased by 2–8 times those loads during the normal reactor operation. This implies the need to re-assess the potential for single or multiple SG tube ruptures due to fluidelastic instability for ensuring the reactor safety.


2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 421-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Cristina Marcuzzo

This paper considers the distinction made by David Ricardo between “permanent” and “temporary” causes, which he sometimes refers to also as “stable” and “accidental” causes (seeThe Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo [hereinafter Works]I: 86, 88, 92; VI: 154), to derive implications useful to distinguish his approach from subsequent developments of the notions of short-period and long-period equilibrium. In particular, I trace the change of focus in the concept of “permanent” forces brought about by Alfred Marshall—from whose insights Alfred Kahn and John Maynard Keynes drew inspiration for their short-period analysis—which paved the way to fundamental changes in the method and theory.It is argued that Ricardo’s distinction maintains an heuristic value, in particular vis-à-vis the distinction between short and long period, which is part of the common language in standard economics.


Author(s):  
Jong Chull Jo ◽  
Frederick J. Moody

This paper presents a multi-dimensional numerical analysis of the transient thermal-hydraulic response of a steam generator secondary side to a double-ended guillotine break of the main steam line attached to the steam generator at a pressurized water reactor plant. A simplified analysis model is designed to include both the steam generator upper space where steam occupies and a part of the main steam line between the steam generator outlet nozzle and the pipe break location upstream of the main steam isolation valve. The transient steam flow through the analysis model is simulated using the shear stress transport turbulence model. The steam is treated as a real gas. To model the steam generation by heat transfer from the primary coolant to the secondary side coolant for a short period during the blow down process following the main steam line break accident, a constant amount of steam is assumed to be generated from the bottom of the steam generator upper space part. Using the numerical approach mentioned above, calculations have been performed for the analysis model having the same physical dimensions of the main steam line pipe and initial operational conditions as those for an actual operating plant. The calculation results have been discussed in detail to investigate their physical meanings and validity. The results demonstrate that the present CFD model is applicable for simulating the transient thermal-hydraulic responses in the event of the MSLB accident including the blowdown-induced dynamic pressure disturbance in the SG. In addition, it has been found that the dynamic hydraulic loads acting on the SG tubes can be increased by 2 to 8 times those loads during the normal reactor operation. This implies the need to re-assess the potential for single or multiple SG tube ruptures due to fluidelastic instability for ensuring the reactor safety.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 7309-7327 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Hibert ◽  
C. P. Stark ◽  
G. Ekström

Abstract. We carry out a combined analysis of the short- and long-period seismic signals generated by the devastating Oso-Steelhead landslide that occurred on 22 March 2014. The seismic records show that the Oso-Steelhead landslide was not a single slope failure, but a succession of multiple failures distinguished by two major collapses that occurred approximately three minutes apart. The first generated long-period surface waves that were recorded at several proximal stations. We invert these long-period signals for the forces acting at the source, and obtain estimates of the first failure runout and kinematics, as well as its mass after calibration against the mass-center displacement estimated from remote-sensing imagery. Short-period analysis of both events suggests that the source dynamics of the second are more complex than the first. No distinct long-period surface waves were recorded for the second failure, which prevents inversion for its source parameters. However, by comparing the seismic energy of the short-period waves generated by both events we are able to estimate the volume of the second. Our analysis suggests that the volume of the second failure is about 15–30% of the total landslide volume, which is in agreement with ground observations.


2004 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
pp. 55-59
Author(s):  
L.L. Kiss ◽  
T.R. Bedding

AbstractWe present a period analysis of more then 23 000 red giants in the Large Magellanic Cloud observed by the OGLE-II microlensing project. Periods combined with the single-epoch 2MASS J H KS magnitudes revealed the complex distributions of stars in the period-luminosity plane. Besides four different sequences corresponding to different modes of pulsation in AGB stars, we also discovered two distinct and well-separated sequences below the tip of the Red Giant Branch, consisting of almost 10000 short-period and low-amplitude red variable stars. We propose that the majority are likely to be first ascent red giants, showing radial pulsations in the second and third overtone modes.


2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Moretto ◽  
Jay W. McMahon
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Author(s):  
V. Bakış ◽  
H. Bakış ◽  
S. Bilir ◽  
Z. Eker

AbstractAn early-type, massive, short-period ($P_{\text{orb}}=2^d.310951$) eclipsing spectroscopic binary DN Cas has been re-visited with new spectral and photometric data. The masses and radii of the components have been obtained as $M_1=19.04\pm 0.07\,\text{M}_\odot$, $M_2=13.73\pm 0.05\,\text{M}_\odot$ and $R_1=7.22\pm 0.06\,\text{R}_\odot$, $R_2=5.79\pm 0.06\,\text{R}_\odot$, respectively. Both components present synchronous rotation ($V_{\text{rot}1}=160\,\text{km } \text{s}^{-1}$, $V_{\text{rot}2}=130\ \text{km} \,\text{s}^{-1}$) with their orbit. Orbital period analysis yielded a physically bound additional component in the system with a minimum mass of $M_3=0.88\,\text{M}_\odot$ orbiting in an eccentric orbit (e = 0.37 ± 0.2) with an orbital period of P12 = 42 ± 9 yr. High precision absolute parameters of the system allowed us to derive a distance to DN Cas as 1.7 ± 0.2 kpc which locates the system within the borders of the Cas OB6 association (d = 1.8 kpc). The space velocities and the age of DN Cas are in agreement with those of Cas OB6. The age of DN Cas (τ = 3–5 Myr) is found to be 1–2 Myr older than the embedded clusters (IC 1795, IC 1805, and IC 1848) in the Cas OB6 association, which implies a sequential star formation in the association.


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