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A review of procedures for the analysis and design of concrete structures to resist missile impact effects

R.P. Kennedy
- 01 May 1976 - 
- Vol. 37, Iss: 2, pp 183-203
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In this paper, the effects of a hard impact on a concrete barrier wall are discussed. But this paper only deals with the effect of "hard" missile impact and does not deal with the impact on "soft" barrier walls.
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This article is published in Nuclear Engineering and Design.The article was published on 1976-05-01. It has received 358 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Missile & Projectile.

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Empirical Formulas for the Design of Reinforced Concrete Nuclear Power Plants to Resist the Effects of Wind-Borne Missile Impact: A Critical Review

TL;DR: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) NUREG-0800, Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition, design of Structures, Components,...
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Experimental study of the resistance of RC walls with different transverse reinforcements subjected to large-scale rigid projectile impacts

TL;DR: In this article , according to different forms of transverse reinforcement, three types of reinforced concrete (RC) walls were designed, and a total of eight large-scale rigid projectile impact tests for RC walls were performed.
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Enhancement of engineering models for simulation of soft, and hard projectile impact on reinforced concrete structures

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the efficiency of existing analytical approaches as well as numerical simulation methods in predicting the loadbearing capacity of reinforced concrete barrier walls under hard and soft impact loads, and proposed a novel simplified mechanical analytical method is proposed concerning hard impact loads.
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Aircraft Impact Effects on an Aged NPP.

TL;DR: In this article, a simulation of an aged nuclear power plant (NPP) subjected to a military aircraft impact is presented, where the effects of impact velocity, direction, and location were investigated together with the more unfavorable conditions to be expected for the plant.
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Probabilistic assessment of aircraft hazard for nuclear power plants

TL;DR: In this article, an analysis of aircraft accidents is presented to establish the probability of an aircraft hitting a nuclear power plant, based on United States data, and new formulas are proposed to cover the range of parameters encountered in aircraft engine impact.
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Probabilistic assessment of aircraft hazard for nuclear power plants. i.

TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of aircraft accidents is presented to establish the probability of an aircraft hitting a nuclear power plant, based on United States data, and the authors concluded that the aircraft risk is usually acceptably low for the typical case studied here.
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