RELIABILITY OF REACTOR COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS SUBJECT TO FATIGUE AND CREEP

The physical-probabilistic basis for the reliability assessment of structural parts operating at elevated temperatures and therefore subject not only to fatigue- but also to creep-damage or to a combination of both is developed and discussed. The importance of order-statistics concepts and, in particular, of extreme value distributions in structural reliability analysis is demonstrated. Diagrams facilitating the practical application of the developed concepts in this analysis are presented.

• Corporate Authors:

  George Washington Transportation Research Institute. Center for Intelligent Systems Research

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• Authors:
  • Freudenthal, A M
• Publication Date: 1974-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 76 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 17

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Creep; Fatigue (Mechanics); Nuclear reactors; Reliability; Risk analysis; Safety; Structural analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fatigue life; Structural reliability
• Old TRIS Terms: Nuclear reactor safety
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054148
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Ship Structure Committee
• Report/Paper Numbers: Tech Rpt
• Contract Numbers: N00014-67A-0214-0011
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1974 12:00AM