Development of guidelines for inelastic analysis in design of fast reactor components

The interim guidelines for the application of inelastic analysis to design of fast reactor components were developed. These guidelines are referred from “Elevated Temperature Structural Design Guide for Commercialized Fast Reactor (FDS)”. The basic policies of the guidelines are more rational predictions compared with elastic analysis approach and a guarantee of conservative results for design conditions. The guidelines recommend two kinds of constitutive equations to estimate strains conservatively. They also provide the methods for modeling load histories and estimating fatigue and creep damage based on the results of inelastic analysis. The guidelines were applied to typical design examples and their results were summarized as exemplars to support users.