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Numerical Assessment of Localized Damage in Pipe-on-Wall Impact Under Pipe Whip Failure Conditions

Isaac Solomon,
Kishorekanna Gunasekaran,
Rosa Lo Frano and
Gintautas Dundulis

Appl. Sci.2025, 15(21), 11714;https://doi.org/10.3390/app152111714

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2 November 2025

High-pressure pipelines in nuclear power plants (NPPs) are prone to structural failures, and the study of their failure behavior is essential to analyze and minimize damage to the surrounding structures and components. The prediction of the extent of...

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Modeling of Pipe Whip Phenomenon Induced by Fast Transients Based on Fluid–Structure Interaction Method Using a Coupled 1D/3D Modeling Approach

Isaac Solomon and
Gintautas Dundulis

Appl. Sci.2023, 13(19), 10653;https://doi.org/10.3390/app131910653

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25 September 2023

The sudden increase in the operating pressure of nuclear power plants (NPPs) is due to the water hammer phenomenon, which tends to produce a whipping effect that causes serious damage to the pipes and their surroundings. The mechanical response of th...

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On the Design of Bionic Hierarchical H-Type Whip Restraints for Nuclear Power Plants

Zheng He,
Yuhang Yang,
Libang Hu and
Shuitao Gu

Appl. Sci.2025, 15(10), 5507;https://doi.org/10.3390/app15105507

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14 May 2025

Whip restraints based on thin-walled structures are widely used for protection against high-energy pipe breaks in nuclear power plants due to their excellent impact resistance. Recently, biomimetic and hierarchical structures have emerged as focal po...

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