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Probability of Fracture in the Main Coolant Pipe of a Pressurized Water Reactor

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The probability of a leak or break in the primary piping system of a pressurized water reactor depends on many parameters, but in an outstanding way on the probabilistic number and size of cracks in the welds. For these two parameters different probability distributions can be chosen. The influence of this choice on the pipe failure probability is investigated in this paper.

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  1. Hochschule der Bundeswehr Hamburg, P.O.Box 70 08 22, D-2000, Hamburg 70, Germany

    U. Schomburg & T. Schmidt

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  1. U. Schomburg
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  1. The Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden, Box 11021, S-161 11, Bromma, Sweden

    Sigge Eggwertz

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, N 2L 3G1, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    Niels C. Lind

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Schomburg, U., Schmidt, T. (1985). Probability of Fracture in the Main Coolant Pipe of a Pressurized Water Reactor. In: Eggwertz, S., Lind, N.C. (eds) Probabilistic Methods in the Mechanics of Solids and Structures. International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82419-7_33

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