Accession Number:

ADA011355

Title:

Reliability of Reactor Components and Systems Subject to Fatigue and Creep.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV WASHINGTON D C INST FOR THE STUDY OF FATIGUE FRACTURE AND STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY

Personal Author(s):

• Freudenthal,Alfred M.

Report Date:

1974-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

82.0

Abstract:

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.

Descriptors:

• *RISK
• *RELIABILITY
• *NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
• FAILURE
• REACTOR SYSTEM COMPONENTS
• CREEP
• FATIGUE
• STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
• STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
• REACTOR MATERIALS

Subject Categories:

• Nuclear Power Plants and Fission Reactor Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE