Development of program for arbitrary real time simulation; (1)Design of prototype program

kasahara, Naoto; not registered

In order to optimize elevated temperature structural systems in fast reactor plants, where main loading is thermal stress induced by transient operation of circuit, authors proposed new design frame by applying design by analysis concept to both structural design and system design. A key technology in this design frame is an integrated analysis method for both thermo-mechanical behaviors of structures and plant thermo-hydraulic dynamics, developing of a prototype code of which, named PARTS (Program for Arbitrary Real Time Simulation), was started this year. For the purpose to achieve flexible coupling of several codes, authors designed three categories of calculation parts (objects): (1)thermo-hydraulics of coolant, (2)thermo-mechanical behavior of structures, and (3)material strength. These calculation parts can be handled and connected easily on the PARTS-Workbench. Real time simulation is planed to be accomplished by parallel processing of individual parts calculation, and by prediction of neural-network which learned past calculation results. Object oriented languages, Smalltalk and C++, were adopted for implementation of calculation parts. The PARTS-Workbench was programed by visual Basic and Visual Smalltalk for considering user customization. In the next phase of study, parallel processing function and neural network parts will be incorporated in the PARTS code. Prototype of this code is going to be completed until F.Y.1996. and be applied to study of thermal mitigation structures.