Pipe-whip experiment and numerical analysis
Abstract
In a postulated guillotine-break of a pressure-tube-type heavy-water reactor’s primary piping, there is a possibility that the ruptured pipe accelerated by escaping pressurized fluid will whip and form a hinge on itself. There is also a possibility that the ruptured pipe will strike the adjacent pipe causing severe local damage to the impacted zone. These situations may occur because the reactor consists of numerous, closely packed, small diameter pipes.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics
Vibration and Dynamic Analysis
Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
Publication details
- Journal / source
- CRC Press eBooks
- Pages
- 121–126
- Publication date
- 4 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter