Protecting People and the EnvironmentUNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
ACCESSION #: 9604010435
Information Support Services
P.O. Box 3707
Seattle, WA 98124-2207
March 27, 1996
G-1151-SJA-96-186
Document Control Desk
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, D.C. 20555
BOEING
Reference: a) Boeing Letter G-1151-RSO-92-365 dated August 31, 1992;
R. S. Orr to the NRC Operations Center
b) NRC Letter Docket No. 99901227 dated August 12, 1992; L.
J. Norrholm to R. S. Orr; Subject: Response to 10 CFR 21
Inquiry
Dear Sir or Madam:
In accordance with the reference correspondence and 10 CFR 21, Boeing is
sending the NRC the attached error notice(s) received from our former
software suppliers. Because of unknown current addresses, the following
former customers were not notified:
Reactor Controls, Inc.
Echo Energy Consultants, Inc.
Nuclear Applications and Systems Analysis Company (Japan)
Nuclear Power Services
Tenera Engineering Services
Gibbs & Hill, Inc.
Error notices have been sent to our other former customers.
Very truly yours,
Sandra J. Andrews
Nuclear Administrator
G-1151 M/S 7A-33
(206) 865-6248
Attachment(s): GTSTRUDL Program Report Forms Nos. 96.10 and 96.11
Georgia Tech Computer Aided Structural Engineering Center
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0355
USA
404o894o2260
404o894o8014 FAX
March 25 1996
March 13, 1996
Attention: Nuclear Administrator
Boeing Information & Support Services
P.O.Box 24346, M/S 7A-33
Seattle, Washington 98124-0346
RE: GT STRUDL
Dear Sir or Madam:
Enclosed please find copies of GTSTRUDL PROGRAM REPORT FORM No. 96.10 and
a VENDOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM. Please sign and return the VENDOR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM to acknowledge receipt of the GTSTRUDL Program
Report.
Thank you for reviewing the Program Report and for returning the
Acknowledgement Form.
Best regards,
CASE Center
Catherine Lee
Configuration Control Manager
CL/jhb
Enclosures
An Equal Education and Employment A Unit of the University System
Opportunity Institution of Georgia
GTSTRUDL Program Report Form
GPRF No.: 96.10
DATE: 12 March, 1996
FROM: Computer-Aided Structural Engineering Center
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0355
SEVERITY LEVEL:
X URGENT Problem results in incorrect answers which may not be
apparent or job aborts and cannot be recovered within the
session or job.
_ SERIOUS Problem results in incorrect answers which are obvious or
problem prevents completion of a particular user's task.
_ MINOR Problem can be worked around or problem poses high
frustration factor.
_ INFORMATIVE Documentation error, program usage tip, user
inconveniences.
Date Problem Confirmed 12 March, 1996
Date Notification Sent 14 March, 1996
Computers All
Operating System All
Version - All versions prior to and including 96.01
Target Release for Correction 96.02
Mgr. ASD
Signature Title
R & D Division
Michael H. Swanger
Typed or Printed Name Date of Signature
Signature Title
Professional Services Division
Typed or Printed Name Date of Signature
Rev. 2.2
GTSTRUDL Program Report Form
(Continued)
GPRF No.: 96.10
DATE: 12 March, 1996
DESCRIPTION:
Multiple support acceleration TRANSLATION description lines in the
RESPONSE SPECTRUM LOADING command will cause a specified acceleration
response spectrum file to be treated as a displacement response spectrum
file when the loading data are stored. This will produce incorrect
response spectrum analysis results which may not be obvious.
An example of the problematic RESPONSE SPECTRUM LOADING command input
follows:
RESPONSE SPECTRUM LOAD 1
SUPPORT ACCELERATION
TRANSLATION X 1.0 FILE 'EX-XZ'
TRANSLATION Z 1.0 FILE 'EX-XZ'
END
Section 2.4.4.6.2 implies that only one TRANSLATION command line is
allowed and if multiple global directions are desired, then the following
form of the TRANSLATION command shall be used:
RESPONSE SPECTRUM LOAD 1
SUPPORT ACCELERATION
TRANSLATION X 1.0 Z 1.0 FILE 'EX-XZ'
END
An example of output which illustrates this problem also follows:
Applicable sections of the User's Manual:
Response Spectra Support Acceleration Commands Section 2.4.4.6.2,
Vol. 3
Rev. 2.2
{1401} > $
{1402} > $
{1403} > $
{1404} > $ Input response spectrum file. Note that the input angular
unit
{1405} > $ is PERIOD.
{1406} > $
{1407} > STORE RESPONSE SPECTRA ACCELERATION LOG VS PERIOD LOG
1EQ-XZ1
{1408} > DAMPING 0.05 FACTOR 9.8066
{1409} > 0.054 0.0 0.098 0.1 0.14S 0.2 0.1500.30.1280.40.1030.50.0830.6
{1410} > 0.068 0.7 0.056 0.8 0.047 0.9 0.0411.00.0351.10.0311.20.0281.3
{1411} > 0.025 1.4 0.022 1.S 0.020 1.6 0.0181.7
{1412} >
{1413} > $
{1414} > $ Print response spectrum file EQ-XZ. Note that the output
indicates
{1415} > $ properly that the file is an acceleration file. Note that the
response
{1416} > $ spectrum file output is ordered on descending frequency.
{1417} > $
{1418} >
{1419} > PRINT DYNAMIC FILE 'EQ-XZ'
1***************************************
* PROBLEM DATA FROM INTERNAL STORAGE *
***************************************
JOB ID - DY343 JOB TITLE - ST3638 -- Correct TRANSL line input for RS
loads
ACTIVE UNITS - LENGTH WEIGHT ANGLE TEMPERATURE TIME
M KN CYC DEGF SEC
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table "RESPONSE SPECTRA FILE: EQ-XZ TYPE: SPECTRAL ACCEL (LOG) VS
FREQUENCY (LOG)" omitted.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
0*************************************
* END OF DATA FROM INTERNAL STORAGE *
*************************************
{1420} >
{1421} > $
{1422} > $ Define response spectrum loading I incorrectly using more than
{1423} > $ one TRANSLATION command. Define response spectrum loading 2
{1424} > $ correctly as a multiple-direction loading.
{1425} > $
{1426}> RESPONSE SPECTRUM LOADING 1 'Incorrect EQ-XZ Loading'
{1427}> SUPPORT ACCELERATION
{1428}> TRANSLATION X FILE 'EQ-XZ'
{1429}> TRANSLATION Z FILE 'EQ-XZ'
{1430}> END OF RESPONSE SPECTRUM LOADING
{1431}>
{1432}> RESPONSE SPECTRUM LOADING 2 'Correct EQ-XZ Loading'
{1433}> SUPPORT ACCELERATION
{1434}> TRANSLATION X 1.0 Z 1.0 FILE 'EQ-XZ'
{1435}> END OF RESPONSE SPECTRUM LOADING
{1436}>
{1437}> $
{1438}> $ The output from the PRINT DYNAMIC LOAD DATA command indicates
that
{1439}> $ the response spectrum file data for loading 1 is now
incorrectly
{1440}> $ identified as displacement (DISPL) data. The response
spectrum file
{1441}> $ data for loading 2 is identified correctly as acceleration
(ACCEL)
{1442}> $ data.
{1443}> $ Note that the response spectrum file output is ordered on
ascending
{1444}> $ frequency.
{1445}> $
{1446}>
{1447}> PRINT DYNAMIC LOAD DATA
***************************************
* PROBLEM DATA FROM INTERNAL STORAGE *
***************************************
JOB ID - DY343 JOB TITLE - ST3638 -- Correct TRANSL line input for RS
loads
ACTIVE UNITS - LENGTH WEIGHT ANGLE TEMPERATURE TIME
M KN CYC DEGF SEC
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
LOADING - 1 Incorrect EQ-XZ Loading STATUS - ACTIVE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table "DYNAMIC LOADING TYPE: RESPONSE SPECTRA 0 RESPONSE SPECTRA -
SPECTRAL DISPL (LOG) VS FREQUENCY (LOG) - TRANSLATION X" omitted.
RESPONSE SPECTRUM DIRECTION FACTORS
DIRECTION FACTOR
TRANS X 1.000000
TRANS Z 1.000000
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
LOADING - 2 Correct EQ-XZ Loading STATUS - ACTIVE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table "DYNAMIC LOADING TYPE: RESPONSE SPECTRA ORESPONSE SPECTRA -
SPECTRAL ACCEL (LOG) VS FREQUENCY (LOG) - TRANSLATION X" omitted.
RESPONSE SPECTRUM DIRECTION FACTORS
===================================
DIRECTION FACTOR
TRANS X 1.000000
TRANS Z 1.000000
0************************************
* END OF DATA FROM INTERNAL STORAGE *
*************************************
{1448} >
[1449} > FINISH
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CPU Time 00:00:21.00 Elapsed Time 0 00:00:41 On Mon Mar 11 15:57:15 1996
Georgia Tech Computer Aided Structural Engineering Center
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0355
USA
404o894o2260
404o894o8014 FAX
MAR 26 1996
March 20, 1996
Attention: Nuclear Administrator
Boeing Information & Support Services
P. O. Box 24346, M/S 7A-33
Seattle, Washington 98124-0346
RE: GT STRUDL
Dear Sir or Madam:
Enclosed please find copies of GTSTRUDL PROGRAM REPORT FORM No. 96.11 and
a VENDOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM. Please sign and return the VENDOR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM to acknowledge receipt of the GTSTRUDL Program
Report.
Thank you for reviewing the Program Report and for returning the
Acknowledgement Form.
Best regards,
CASE Center
Catherine Lee
Configuration Control Manager
CL/jhb
Enclosures
An Equal Education and Employment A Unit of the University System
Opportunity Institution of Georgia
GTSTRUDL Program Report Form
GPRF No.: 96.11
DATE: March 19, 1996
FROM: Computer-Aided Structural Engineering Center
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0355
SEVERITY LEVEL:
X URGENT Problem results in incorrect answers which may not be
apparent or job aborts and cannot be recovered within the
session or job.
_ SERIOUS Problem results in incorrect answers which are obvious or
problem prevents completion of a particular user's task.
_ MINOR Problem can be worked around or problem poses high
frustration factor.
_ INFORMATIVE Documentation error, program usage tip, user
inconveniences.
Date Problem Confirmed March 19, 1996
Date Notification Sent March 21, 1996
Computers All
Operating System All
Version - All versions prior to and including 96.01
Target Release for Correction 96.02
Mgr. ASD
Signature Title
R & D Division
Michael H. Swanger
Typed or Printed Name Date of Signature
Signature Title
Professional Services Division
Typed or Printed Name Date of Signature
Rev. 2.2
GTSTRUDL Program Report Form
(Continued)
GPRF No.: 96.11
DATE: March 19, 1996
DESCRIPTION:
Use of the USER VARIABLE SCF option of the FATIGUE MEMBER DATA
command causes incorrect fatigue stresses and incorrect fatigue lives to
be computed. There is no known work-around to this problem. An example
of this problematic form of the FATIGUE MEMBER DATA command follows:
UNITS DEGREES
FATIGUE MEMBER DATA PIPE EQUAL 45.0 -
SCF VARIABLE USER START SADDLE AX 6.0 IPB, 1.5 OPB 4.0 -
CROWN AX 6.0 IBP 3.0 OPB 5.25 -
END SADDLE AX 6.0 IPB 1.5 OPB 4.0 -
CROWN AX 6.0 IPB, 3.0 OPB 5.25
'B1' 'B2' 'B3' 'B4'
This notice applies to fatigue analysis of offshore structures.
Applicable sections of the User's Manual:
FATIGUE MEMBER Command Section 5.3.1, Vol. 8
Rev. 2.2
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