Sensitivity Analysis of the PBMR Reactor Unit Seismic Model

摘要

A sensitivity of the PBMR Reactor Unit (RU) seismic model is presented. The purpose of this study is to quantify the sensitivity of important response values such as restraint forces to various design inputs. For this purpose a simplified beam finite element (FE) model is used. The response of the RU is solved in the time domain and includes nonlinearities due to gap supports. Sensitivities are calculated using the design of experiments method.