Civil Engineering ETDs

Publication Date

Summer 7-29-2025

Abstract

Some significant incidents like the Chernobyl disaster (1986), the Fukushima Daiichi hydrogen explosion (2011), and some frequent military and terror threats to the nuclear Power plant structures have led to studying the capacity of power plant structures to withstand blast loadings. From this research, even one-third of the loss of the coolant is enough to damage the power plant structure. Crack starts from the wall and propagates toward the top of the dome and the foundation. The external blast shows high damage symptoms near the foundation area. Most of the steel members, including the rebars, Liner, and Tendons, showed high strain near the wall structure but maintained their integrity around the dome structure, proving the significance of having curved geometry on the plant. The research findings confirm the critical influence of the component-level detailing of the steel members on the safety of the nuclear power plant.

Keywords

Blast, Internal, External, Explosion, NPP, Nuclear

Document Type

Thesis

Language

English

Degree Name

Civil Engineering

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Civil Engineering

First Committee Member (Chair)

Dr. Madura Pathirage

Second Committee Member

Dr. Mahmoud Reda Taha

Third Committee Member

Dr. Yu-Lin Shen

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