IMPACT RESEARCH FOR CONTAINMENT DESIGN

Engaged for many years in research work concerning the safety and inte grity of nuclear containments, the first author has performed numerous theoretical and experimental investigations at this institute. Airpla ne crashes on nuclear power plants, as well as containment attacks by detonation and missiles generated by bursting vessels have been studie d with respect to practical design. Also, a series of fundamental rese arches has been done to evaluate constitutive laws for shockwaves in c oncrete and constitutive relations for concrete with regard to strain rate effects. Further investigations have focused on friction phenomen a for projectiles impinging on concrete.