Seismic Analysis of Safety-related Nuclear Structures and Commentary

Seismic Analysis of Safety-related Nuclear Structures and Commentary
Author: American Society of Civil Engineers
Publisher: Amer Society of Civil Engineers
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2000
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780784404331

Provides requirements for performing analyses of new structure design or existing structure evaluation to determine the reliability of structures under earthquake motions. This work also outlines the rules and analysis parameters that are expected to produce seismic responses with about the same probability of non-exceedance as the input.

Seismic Risk Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants

Seismic Risk Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants
Author: Wei-Chau Xie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 631
Release: 2019-04-18
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1108752608

Seismic Risk Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants addresses the needs of graduate students in engineering, practicing engineers in industry, and regulators in government agencies, presenting the entire process of seismic risk analysis in a clear, logical, and concise manner. It offers a systematic and comprehensive introduction to seismic risk analysis of critical engineering structures focusing on nuclear power plants, with a balance between theory and applications, and includes the latest advances in research. It is suitable as a graduate-level textbook, for self-study, or as a reference book. Various aspects of seismic risk analysis - from seismic hazard, demand, and fragility analyses to seismic risk quantification, are discussed, with detailed step-by-step analysis of specific engineering examples. It presents a wide range of topics essential for understanding and performing seismic risk analysis, including engineering seismology, probability theory and random processes, digital signal processing, structural dynamics, random vibration, and engineering risk and reliability.

Seismic Analysis of Safety-related Nuclear Structures

Seismic Analysis of Safety-related Nuclear Structures
Author: American Society of Civil Engineers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Earthquake resistant design
ISBN: 9780784413937

Standard ASCE/SEI 4-16 provides requirements to ensure the reliability of nuclear facilities under earthquake motions, focusing on analysis to obtain response information.

NUREG/CR.

NUREG/CR.
Author: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1977
Genre: Nuclear energy
ISBN:

NEHRP Commentary on the Gidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings

NEHRP Commentary on the Gidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings
Author: Eugene Zeller
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2000-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780756706272

This document from the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) was prepared for the Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) with funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). It provides commentary on the NEHRP Guidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings. It contains systematic guidance enabling design professionals to formulate effective & reliable rehabilitation approaches that will limit the expected earthquake damage to a specified range for a specified level of ground shaking. This kind of guidance applicable to all types of existing buildings & in all parts of the country has never existed before. Illustrated.

Aging, Shaking, and Cracking of Infrastructures

Aging, Shaking, and Cracking of Infrastructures
Author: Victor E. Saouma
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 1153
Release: 2021-04-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030574342

This self-contained book focuses on the safety assessment of existing structures subjected to multi-hazard scenarios through advanced numerical methods. Whereas the focus is on concrete dams and nuclear containment structures, the presented methodologies can also be applied to other large-scale ones. The authors explains how aging and shaking ultimately lead to cracking, and how these complexities are compounded by their random nature. Nonlinear (static and transient) finite element analysis is hence integrated with both earthquake engineering and probabilistic methods to ultimately derive capacity or fragility curves through a rigorous safety assessment. Expanding its focus beyond design aspects or the state of the practice (i.e., codes), this book is composed of seven sections: Fundamentals: theoretical coverage of solid mechnics, plasticity, fracture mechanics, creep, seismology, dynamic analysis, probability and statistics Damage: that can affect concrete structures, such as cracking of concrete, AAR, chloride ingress, and rebar corrosion, Finite Element: formulation for both linear and nonlinear analysis including stress, heat and fracture mechanics, Engineering Models: for soil/fluid-structure interaction, uncertainty quantification, probablilistic and random finite element analysis, machine learning, performance based earthquake engineering, ground motion intensity measures, seismic hazard analysis, capacity/fragility functions and damage indeces, Applications to dams through potential failure mode analyses, risk-informed decision making, deterministic and probabilistic examples, Applications to nuclear structures through modeling issues, aging management programs, critical review of some analyses, Other applications and case studies: massive RC structures and bridges, detailed assessment of a nuclear containment structure evaluation for license renewal. This book should inspire students, professionals and most importantly regulators to rigorously apply the most up to date scientific methods in the safety assessment of large concrete structures.

Seismic Analysis of Structures and Equipment

Seismic Analysis of Structures and Equipment
Author: Praveen K. Malhotra
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2020-11-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030578585

This book describes methods used to estimate forces and deformations in structures during future earthquakes. It synthesizes the topics related to ground motions with those related to structural response and, therefore, closes the gap between geosciences and engineering. Requiring no prior knowledge, the book elucidates confusing concepts related to ground motions and structural response and enables the reader to select a suitable analysis method and implement a cost‐effective seismic design. Presents lucid, accessible descriptions of key concepts in ground motions and structural response and easy to follow descriptions of methods used in seismic analysis; Explains the roles of strength, deformability, and damping in seismic design; Reinforces concepts with real‐world examples; Stands as a ready reference for performance‐based/risk-based seismic design, providing guidance for achieving a cost-effective seismic design.