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NKS Programme Area:	NKS-R
Research Area:	Thermo hydraulics
Report Number:	NKS-96
Report Title:	Numerical analyses of a water pool under loadings caused by a condensation induced water hammer.
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Authors:	Kim Calonius, Antti Timperi, Timo Pättikangas, Jari Tuunanen, Juha Poikolainen & Arja Saarenheimo
Abstract:	Three-dimensional simulations of a rapidly condensing steam bubble in a water pool have been performed by using the commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code Star-CD. The condensing bubble was modelled by using a mass sink in a single-phase calculation. The pressure load on the wall of the pool was determined and transferred to the structural analyses code ABAQUS. The analyses were done for a test pool at Lappeenranta University of Technology. The structural integrity of the pool during steam experiments was investigated by assuming as a test load the rapid condensation of a steam bubble with a diameter of 20 cm. The mass sink for modelling the collapse of the bubble was determined from the potential theory of incompressible fluid. The rapid condensation of the bubble within 25 ms initiated a strong condensation water hammer. The maximum amplitude of the pressure load on the pool wall was approximately 300 kPa. The loads caused by the high compression waves lasted only about 0.4 ms. The loadings caused by larger bubbles or more rapid collapse could not be calculated with the present method.
Keywords:	Condensing steam bubble; structural analysis; Star-CD; ABAQUS
Publication date:	01 Mar 2004
ISBN:	ISBN: 87-7893-154-1
Number of downloads:	4400
Download:	NKS-96.pdf

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