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Modern structural integrity assessment procedures in the field of nuclear related technology incorporate fracture
mechanical concepts. Therefore, they inevitably require the availability of both, loading parameters as well as material
characteristics in terms of fracture mechanical quantities. Especially in case of dynamic loading conditions, the methods
for the determination of the loading parameters need further improvement and there is a lack of material characteristics
as well. In Germany, ductile cast iron (DCI) is used for heavy-sectioned casks for radioactive materials. New developments
in cask design and efforts to extend the application limits require further investigations. The present study is part
of an ongoing fracture mechanics research programme of BAM which is focused on the systematic mechanical and
fracture mechanical material characterisation of DCI materials under dynamic loading conditions. In this study, results
of fracture mechanics investigations on ductile cast iron from an original DCI container with a wide variety of microstructure
under dynamic loading conditions in the temperature range from -50 °C to +22 °C are presented. Large scale
as well as small scale single edge crack bend specimens SE(B) with thicknesses of 140 mm and 15 mm, respectively
were tested. Furthermore, it is reported on the results of a finite element simulation of the dynamic large scale fracture
mechanics tests. Strength and deformation characteristics were determined in dynamic tensile tests. They are discussed
with respect to the influence of pearlite content and test temperature. The material specific experimental difficulties in
the determination of reliable dynamic crack initiation toughness values of DCI are outlined.
This paper describes the analytical, numerical and experimental investigations on the phenomenon of
interactions between cask components and content of packages for the transport of radioactive material during drop
tests required according to the IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material.
Radial and axial gaps between cask components and content are usually necessary for thermal reasons but larger
gaps can exist because of the geometrical dimensions of the specified content. Consequently interactions between
content and cask components (lid system, cask body, etc.) are possible and can not be excluded during drop tests.
Interactions in this context are relative movements between cask and content which are mainly due to elastic spring
effects after releasing the cask for the free drop. These relative movements can cause interior collisions between
content and cask during the main impact of the package onto the unyielding target.
Drop tests with various types of Type A and Type B packages fully instrumented with strain gauges and
accelerometers showed that these interactions respectively interior collisions can be considerable relating to high forces
acting on cask lids, lid bolts and the content. Of course the real quantitative consequences of the interactions depend
upon different conditions, among others the drop orientation, the design characteristics of the impact limiters, the
dimensions of the gaps, the material characteristics of the contents, etc. .
In order to investigate more precisely the phenomenon of interactions BAM carried out finite element
calculations for the named casks using the ABAQUS/ Standard and ABAQUS/ Explicit computer code comparing them
with results obtained from experiments. Additionally, tests with a simplified model instrumented with accelerometers
were carried out accompanied by finite element calculations and analytical calculations using MATHEMATICA.
The investigations on the mentioned phenomena of interaction show that they should be considered in approval design
tests and/ or calculations.
In the present study, ductile cast iron from an original DCI container with a wide variety of microstructure was
investigated in order to determine the materials fracture toughness under impact loading conditions. Three-point bending
specimens with thickness of 140 mm from a cubic DCI container were investigated at elevated loading rates to
provide reliable fracture toughness parameters for the assessment procedures. In contrast to static fracture behaviour,
the fracture toughness values of thick-walled DCI at higher loading rates show a remarkable reduction with decreasing
temperature up to 50 °C and a significant shift of the transition range. The lower bound fracture toughness value used
in the BAM DCI safety concept was confirmed for impact loading conditions by these fracture mechanics tests using
large specimens. These measurements are relevant to the licensing tests for storage containers without shock absorbers,
especially to the assessment of the dynamic behaviour of crack-like defects inside a cask structure under drop test conditions.
Using extensive dynamic numerical analyses it could be shown, that for special crack configurations the dynamic
crack tip parameter (KI, or J) may be estimated by static formulae even under mechanical impact. These results
of the safety assessment were verified according to the German Konrad repository acceptance criteria by a drop test
with a cubic waste container with artificial crack-like defects from 5 m height onto a representative storage facility
foundation.
Anwendung des instrumentierten Kerbschlagbiegeversuchs zur Abschätzung der Rissauffangzähigkeit
(2001)
Die moderne Bauteilsicherheitsbewertung basiert auf Methoden der Bruchmechanik unter Anwendung von bruchmechanischen Kennwerten, die den Werkstoffwiderstand gegen Rissinitiierung und Rissfortschritt sowie das Rissauffangverhalten charakterisieren. Die experimentelle Ermittlung der Rissarrestzähigkeit ist im Allgemeinen jedoch schwierig und aufwendig. In diesem Beitrag werden Korrelationen für die Abschätzung der Sprödbruch-Übergangstemperatur (TNDT) und der Rissarrestzähigkeit (KIa) mit Hilfe einer Übergangstemperatur, die der Rissauffangkraft im instrumentierten Kerbschlagbiegeversuch entspricht, vorgestellt. Als Kriterien für den Zähigkeitsübergang gelten die an Charpy-V-Proben gemessene Rissauffangkraft 4 kN und die nach Master-Curve-Ansatz berechnete mittlere Rissarrestzähigkeit 100 MPam. Die für verschiedene Baustähle vorgeschlagenen Korrelationen zwischen den Übergangstemperaturen T(Fa = 4 kN), T(KIa) und TNDT werden am Beispiel des Stahles 18Ch2MFA bestätigt.