Development of the buckling evaluation method for large scale vessels in fast reactors by the testing of Grade 91 steel and austenitic stainless steel vessels subjected to horizontal and cyclic vertical loading

水平荷重および繰返し鉛直荷重を受ける改良9Cr-1Mo鋼及びオーステナイト系ステンレス鋼製容器の座屈試験による大型容器の座屈評価方法の開発

岡藤 孝史*; 三浦 一浩*; 佐郷 ひろみ*; 村上 久友*; 安藤 勝訓 ; 岡島 智史 

Okafuji, Takashi*; Miura, Kazuhiro*; Sago, Hiromi*; Murakami, Hisatomo*; Ando, Masanori; Okajima, Satoshi

高速炉の容器を大型化することに伴う直径と板厚の比の増加や免震設計への適用に対応するため、軸圧縮,曲げ、およびせん断荷重下で弾塑性座屈を評価できる座屈評価方法を開発している。本研究では、検討中の評価手法の適用性を検証するために、改良9Cr-1Mo鋼およびオーステナイト系鋼の円筒試験体に対して水平荷重に加えて繰返し鉛直荷重を負荷する条件等を付した座屈試験と有限要素法解析を実施した。その結果、提案式による評価は、試験の座屈荷重に対して保守的であることが確認できた。

Buckling evaluation methods capable of evaluating elasto-plastic buckling under axial compression, bending, and shear loads are required for cylindrical vessels of fast reactors to cope with thinning due to increasing diameter and application to the seismic isolation design against huge seismic ground motion. In this study, in order to confirm the applicability of the proposal evaluation method, several buckling tests and FE analyses were carried out using the specimens made of Gr.91 and austenitic stainless steel. The buckling modes and strength data in the load region where the interaction of cyclic axial compression, bending and shear buckling could occur were examined. As a result, it was confirmed that the proposal evaluation method estimated the buckling load in the tests conservatively.