
Mechanical Engineering ETDs
Publication Date
11-16-1964
Abstract
The use of thick, reinforced concrete components in nuclear reactor constructions where they serve as both structural and shielding components has become commonplace. In use, the concrete ls subjected to mechanical loads due to the weight of various reactor components and thermal loads due to temperature gradients and internal heating due to absorbed radiation. Since these components are required to maintain their structural integrity for long period of time under fluctuating temperature gradients their stress analysis is a vital problem. Typical components range from thick slab shields to complete reinforced concrete pressure vessels. It is felt that current criteria for the design of reinforced concrete structures are ultraconservative and impose unnecessary restrictions on the design of reactor shielding and the utilization c:4. existing structures. Such restrictions, imposed for safety' a sake, carry a heavy economic penalty in the use of either costly auxiliary shielding or elaborate cooling arrangement&.
Degree Name
Mechanical Engineering
Level of Degree
Doctoral
Department Name
Mechanical Engineering
First Committee Member (Chair)
Richard Charles Dove
Second Committee Member
Frederick Dsuin Ju
Third Committee Member
Illegible
Document Type
Dissertation
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Brasier, Robert I.. "Stresses In Thick Slabs Subjected To Thermal Loadings.." (1964). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/me_etds/274