This Abaqus FEA half model of a reactor pressure vessel shows the nozzle opening (shown as holes in Figures 11 and 13) through which cold water is quickly introduced to shut down the reactor, ...

A detailed finite element analysis (FEA) is required to demonstrate compliance. The specification also outlines a number of qualification tests that the cylinder must pass. The first is a burst test.

CosmosWorks 2007, one FEA program that works inside Solid-Works 2007, comes close to this capability. ... The pressure load always acts normal to the walls of the pressure vessel.

Thorwald, G., and L. Parietti, “Leak-Before-Break Assessment of a Cracked Reactor Vessel Using 3D Crack Meshes,” Proceedings of the ASME 2016 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP2016 ...

WoundSIM is a new software tool targeting the design, simulation and optimization of composite-overwrapped pressure vessels (COPVs). While it is primarily used in the automotive and aerospace ...