International Civil Ageing Management and Assessment Methodology of Concrete

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. H. E. de Haan – de Wilde ◽  
C. G. M. de Bont
Keyword(s):  
Degradation Mechanism ◽  
Concrete Structures ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
International Experience ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Assessment Methodology ◽  
Civil Structures ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Operation Period ◽  
Ageing Management

Abstract For many nuclear power plants worldwide the operation period will be extended to 60 or 80 years in the coming years. As the operation period increases, the importance of knowledge of ageing mechanisms increases. In the framework of LTO there is limited knowledge about ageing and structural integrity of concrete structures. Knowledge about the strength of concrete structures and modelling thereof can be improved for a more complete knowledge base on ageing and degradation mechanism in nuclear facilities. Therefore, effort is required to improve the knowledge of concrete, material models and finite element modelling techniques as well as the assessment method. Recent developments have shown that ageing of civil structures receive more attention internationally (E.g. concrete degradation in bunker building Doel). Traditionally a large part of the research and development is focused on mechanical issues like piping and vessels. In order to increase the knowledge in the field of civil structures, the focus is on investigation of ageing of concrete and determining analysis methods. This paper focuses on the development of a practical assessment method for ageing of civil structures. As a first step information from international publications and other sources on civil structures ageing issues and management thereof, will be gathered. Well known international standards taking care of ageing phenomena based on problem areas and good practices are IGALL and GALL. IGALL and GALL contain information tables based on international experience. This is the starting point of the research in finding an assessment methodology for civil ageing management. It will be shown that IGALL and GALL contain very similar elements. Sorting on the AMPs results in a practical set of datasheets with summarizing information per AMP, including the underlying international experience. The datasheets are of limited size, presenting an helpful overview of the relevant structures or components, materials, environment and mechanisms. A method for civil ageing management is proposed which will be applied and developed in more detail in future research. Further research is necessary to develop a specific assessment methodology for concrete.

An Assessment Methodology for Civil Ageing Management and Concrete for LTO/CSO Based on International Standards and Engineering Judgement

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. H. E. de Haan - de Wilde ◽  
C. G. M. de Bont
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Method ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Assessment Methodology ◽  
Degradation Mechanisms ◽  
Civil Structures ◽  
Operation Period ◽  
Concrete Degradation ◽  
High Level ◽  
Ageing Management ◽  
Near Future

Abstract For many nuclear power plants worldwide the operation period will be extended to 60 or 80 years in the coming years. As the operation period increases, the importance of knowledge of ageing mechanisms increases. In the framework of LTO there is limited knowledge about ageing and structural integrity of concrete structures. Recent developments have shown that ageing of civil structures receive more attention internationally (for example concrete degradation in bunker building Doel and buried piping attention in topical peer review EU). In order to increase the knowledge in the field of civil structures, this work focusses on investigation of ageing of civil structures and determining an ageing management strategy. Knowledge of the ageing mechanisms of civil structures and especially concrete, will lead to improvement of ageing management and assessment methods of concrete. As a first step international information was gathered on civil structures ageing issues and management thereof (see PVP2019-93029). In addition a very high level assessment methodology was proposed. The goal of the project is to obtain more knowledge on ageing management of civil structures and especially concrete. It will lead to an assessment method for civil ageing management and ageing management programs dealing with the relevant mechanisms at the various locations in a practical manner. The results of this ongoing work are presented in this report. The initial proposed assessment methodology has been tested by application to the HFR research reactor. The resulting list of relevant AMPs has been verified with the outcome for another PWR with a steel containment. With this experience the assessment methodology is improved. In addition each civil SSC in the scope of the Continued Safe Operation program is linked to the relevant AMP(s). The improved, but not finalized assessment method of ageing management for civil structures can be seen in figure 2. The proposed assessment method for ageing of civil structures has been tested, compared and improved. The results indicated that the method can be used to obtain a list of plant specific AMPs. The comparison of the list of relevant AMPs for a steel containment PWR, showed similar results. What is added to the assessment method is the link to the TLAAs for civil structures. The detailing to a level of practical work instructions for the maintenance of the plant has to be made in the near future. In the near future the step will be made from a high level of IGALL AMP to a practical AMP that will deal with the relevant mechanisms at the various locations. Therefore further steps are in studying of relevant degradation mechanisms, relevant AMPs (like AMP305 [9],AMP306 [10]) and applicable literature (e.g.[21]) in combination with the practical knowledge from operation of a reactor. The international developments on ageing management of concrete will be included. It is foreseen that the future report will contain information on concrete degradation mechanisms relevant for nuclear reactors. If findings requires calculations the assessment method will be verified with the finite element modelling techniques.

An Update of the Assessment Methodology for Civil Ageing Management for LTO/CSO Based on International Standards and Engineering Judgement

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. H. E. de Haan - de Wilde ◽  
M. J. Janssen
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Structural Integrity ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Assessment Methodology ◽  
Civil Structures ◽  
Operation Period ◽  
The Right ◽  
Ageing Management

Abstract For many nuclear power plants worldwide the operation period will be extended to 60 or 80 years in the coming years. As the operation period increases, the importance of knowledge of ageing mechanisms increases. In the framework of LTO there is limited knowledge about ageing and structural integrity of concrete structures. Recent developments have shown that ageing of civil structures receive more attention internationally. In order to increase the knowledge in the field of civil structures, this paper focusses on investigation of ageing of civil structures and determining an ageing management strategy. Knowledge of the ageing mechanisms of civil structures and especially concrete, will lead to improvement of ageing management and assessment methods of concrete. As a first step international information was gathered on civil structures ageing issues and management thereof (see PVP2019-93029). In addition a highlevel assessment methodology was proposed. In the next step the initially proposed assessment methodology has been tested by application to a nuclear reactor. The resulting list of relevant AMPs has been verified with the outcome for another PWR with a steel containment. With this experience the assessment methodology is tested, compared and improved (see PVP2020-21838). The results indicated that the method can be used to obtain a list of plant specific AMPs. What was added to the assessment method is the link to the TLAAs for civil structures. In this follow up step the transition is made from a high level of IGALL AMPs to a practical AMPs that will deal with the right mechanism at the right location. The detailing to a level of practical work instructions for the maintenance of the plant has to be made in order to make real life implementation possible. In this step studying of relevant degradation mechanisms, relevant AMPs (like IAEA AMP305 and AMP306 ) and applicable literature in combination with the practical knowledge from operation of a reactor, has taken place. The international developments on ageing management of concrete will be included. The goal of the project is to obtain more knowledge on ageing management of civil structures and especially concrete. It will lead to an assessment method for civil ageing management and ageing management programs dealing with the relevant mechanisms at the various locations in a practical manner. The results of this ongoing work are presented in this report. For the research reactor all SSCs in scope of the Continued Safe Operation could be linked to the relevant AMP(s) and a resulting set of plant specific AMPs for civil ageing management was obtained. Including the international developments, literature and guidelines, a more general applicable list was created (Table 5 through Table 13). The conclusion is that Figure 2 represents a practical method for obtaining a set of plant specific civil AMPs ready for implementation. For representation in this paper the final outcome is given in as a generic list of actions for a generic reactor (Table 5 through Table 13). In these tables the relevant SSCs, ageing mechanisms and actions are listed. The tables represent an generic list of actions for civil ageing management that might others help develop their ageing management program. Future steps are shifting the focus from the general but practical assessment methodology to finite element modelling techniques for concrete. The assessment criteria for concrete (e.g. in ASME III, ASME XIII or Eurocode) will be investigated and investigation on the modelling of the concrete for ageing are planned.

Assessment and Management of Ageing of Civil Structures of Paks NPP

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tama´s Katona ◽  
Sa´ndor Ra´tkai ◽  
Pe´ter Go˝si ◽  
Istva´n Mo´ga
Keyword(s):  
Concrete Structures ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Exact Methods ◽  
Civil Structures ◽  
Coating Materials ◽  
Chemical Attack ◽  
Temperature Forecasting ◽  
Ageing Management ◽  
Theoretical Analyses

Ageing management review is an essential element of the licence renewal process. Proper ageing management has to ensure that ageing effects will be discovered and handled before the loss of the intended functions of the structures. This practice, the most important and the most frequent degradation mechanisms and effects with the involved concrete structures and structural elements, are presented and summarised in this paper. Two types of ageing management programmes are applied at Paks NPP. Programmes “A” are related to the different structural elements of the buildings or to typical ageing problems (e.g., settlement) which occur at many buildings. Programmes “B” specify the exact methods and conditions of the application of the necessary “A” programmes for the different buildings. Altogether 31 buildings are involved in the ageing management system of Paks NPP. The majority of the identified degradation problems were comparatively minor and involved mainly concrete cracking, leaching, chemical attack, corrosion of carbon steel liners, degradation of sealing and coating materials, and settlement. The main results of monitoring and theoretical analyses (in the fields of heavy-concrete structures, effect of elevated temperature, forecasting of settlement for the end of the extended lifetime, etc.) are also presented.

CARBONATION INDUCED CORROSION ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES BASED ON FULL PROBABILISTIC APPROACH – AN INDONESIAN CASE STUDY

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
Herry Prabowo ◽  
Mochamad Hilmy
Keyword(s):  
Service Life ◽  
Probabilistic Approach ◽  
Concrete Structures ◽  
Weather Condition ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
National Standard ◽  
Concrete Carbonation ◽  
Durability Design ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Real Performance

The assessment of the service life of concrete structures using the durability design approach is widely accepted nowadays. It is really encouraged that a simulation model can resemble the real performance of concrete during the service life. This paper investigates the concrete carbonation through probabilistic analysis. Data regarding Indonesian construction practice were taken from Indonesian National Standard (SNI). Meanwhile, data related to Indonesian weather condition for instance humidity and temperature are taken from local Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency from 2004 until 2016. Hopefully the results can be a starting point for durability of concrete research in Indonesia.

Durability Assessment Methodology For Concrete Structures

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Gowtham Prasad ◽  
H. Shivaprasad ◽  
H. G. Shruthi ◽  
P. N. Chandramouli ◽  
Nagaraj Sitaram
Keyword(s):  
Concrete Structures ◽  
Assessment Methodology ◽  
Durability Assessment

scholarly journals Service life design and modelling of concrete structures – background, developments, and implementation

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 224-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Gavin Alexander
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Service Life ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Concrete Structures ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Durability Design ◽  
Service Life Design ◽  
International View ◽  
Life Design ◽  
Service Life Modelling

The paper presents an overview of current knowledge and progress in service life design and modelling of concrete structures, taking an international view but also giving local examples from South Africa. It raises the question of why service life modelling is needed, and indicates that modern demands for longevity, durability, and sustainability of concrete structures cannot be fulfilled without service life modelling. It addresses the current approaches to durability design and specification and concludes that a move to performance-based approaches is imperative if progress is to be made. Examples from international experience are cited to illustrate progress that has been made. Lastly, the paper discusses ways of moving forward, recognizing that the philosophical bases are already firmly in place in the form of general code formulations, but these need to be converted into useful approaches.

scholarly journals Optimizing of system "column-cfrp lamellas" with the strengthening of civil structures

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Irina Mayackaya ◽  
Batyr Yazyev ◽  
Anastasia Fedchenko ◽  
Denis Demchenko
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Composite Materials ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Concrete Structures ◽  
Polymeric Composite ◽  
Concrete Columns ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Structures ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Civil Structures ◽  
Concrete Elements

Reinforced concrete elements of structures in the form of columns, beams, ceilings are widely used in the construction of buildings and structures of industrial and civil construction. In most cases, the columns serve as supports for other building elements, for example, crossbars, slabs, girders, beams. One of the cycles of the work of reinforced concrete structures is the state of their repair and reconstruction, including the stages of strengthening the elements. There is a problem of strengthening of reinforced concrete columns. The article deals with the issue of reinforcing columns and other structural elements having a cylindrical surface, with polymeric composite materials in the form of carbon fiber lamellae. The use of composite materials allows to increase the service life and strength of reinforced concrete structures used in construction.

scholarly journals Damage Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Structures: A Review

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Gomasa Ramesh ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Damage Assessment ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Concrete Structures ◽  
Practical Method ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Structures ◽  
Current Response ◽  
Damage Indices ◽  
Seismic Damage Assessment

Damage may be assessed using several damage indices with values associated with different structural damage states. The usefulness of a variety of current response-based damage indices in seismic damage assessment is addressed and critically assessed. A novel rational damage assessment method is provided, which measures the structure’s physical reaction characteristics. A practical method based on various analyses is given to evaluate the damaged structures in earthquakes of different intensities. This paper provides an overview of previous research works on the damage assessment of the reinforced concrete structures. This study may be helpful for easy understanding about the damage assessment of reinforced concrete structures and reduce the impacts of disaster and surrounding structures.

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