Modeling and analysis for seismic evaluation of nuclear structures

S. A. Short; O. Gurbuz; A. S. Whittaker; M. Shams

doi:10.1061/41171(401)188

Modeling and analysis for seismic evaluation of nuclear structures

S. A. Short
, O. Gurbuz
, A. S. Whittaker
, M. Shams

Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering

Simpson Gumpertz and Heger
Gurbuz Consulting
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Nuclear structures are typically reinforced concrete shear wall buildings constructed either embedded in or on the ground surface. Nuclear structures contain equipment, systems, and components that are safety-related and generally require seismic qualification by either full-scale testing or analysis. Evaluation of a safety-related nuclear structure is typically performed by dynamic analysis of a finite element model of the structure considering three orthogonal components of input motion. The paper addresses updates to ASCE 4 in the areas of finite element modeling, damping for multiple levels of response, modal response combination, frequency domain response methods, multi-step analyses, and nonlinear seismic analysis.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Structures Congress 2011 - Proceedings of the 2011 Structures Congress
Pages	2166-2177
Number of pages	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1061/41171(401)188
State	Published - 2011
Event	Structures Congress 2011 - Las Vegas, NV, United States Duration: Apr 14 2011 → Apr 16 2011

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Name	Structures Congress 2011 - Proceedings of the 2011 Structures Congress

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Conference	Structures Congress 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Las Vegas, NV
Period	04/14/11 → 04/16/11

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Short, SA, Gurbuz, O, Whittaker, AS & Shams, M 2011, Modeling and analysis for seismic evaluation of nuclear structures. in Structures Congress 2011 - Proceedings of the 2011 Structures Congress. Structures Congress 2011 - Proceedings of the 2011 Structures Congress, pp. 2166-2177, Structures Congress 2011, Las Vegas, NV, United States, 04/14/11. https://doi.org/10.1061/41171(401)188

Modeling and analysis for seismic evaluation of nuclear structures. / Short, S. A.; Gurbuz, O.; Whittaker, A. S. et al.
Structures Congress 2011 - Proceedings of the 2011 Structures Congress. 2011. p. 2166-2177 (Structures Congress 2011 - Proceedings of the 2011 Structures Congress).

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