16th International Conference on 
Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology


DIVISION K: SEISMIC ANALYSIS, DESIGN AND QUALIFICATION

 

Ground Motion and Siting I

1026 Estimation of the Magnitudes of Historical Eartnquakes Considering Earthquake Characteristics, Soil Condition and Aging of a House
Seo, Jeong-Moon; Choi, In-Kil; Choun, Young-Sun; Lee, Jong-Rim
1104 Development of Synthetic Design Ground Motion for Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant
Varpasuo, Pentti
1133 Response Spectra for Design Purpose of Stiff Structures On Rock Sites
Nishimura, Isao; Noda, Shizuo; Takahashi, Katsuya; Takemura, Masayuki; Ohno, Susumu; Tohdo, Masanobu; Watanabe, Takahide
1202 Simulation of Seismic Waves
Wang, Jiachun; Cai, Laizhong
1204 Evaluation of Source, Path and Site Effects by an Inversion of S-wave Spectra
Kurita, Tetsushi; Takahashi, Satoru; Shimada, Masayoshi
1594 Dynamic Simulation of Seismic Excitation on Dipping Faults: The Importance of the Dynamic Source Effects on Strong Ground Motion Prediction
Dalguer, Luis Angel; Riera, Jorge Daniel; Irikura, Kojiro

Ground Motion and Siting II

1279 Correlation between Horizontal and Vertical Ground Motions and its Effect on Structural Responses
Sono, Youichi; Kozuma, Masanori; Ino, Susumu; Ugata, Takeshi
1467 Identification of Free-Field Soil Properties Using NUPEC Recorded Ground Motions
Xu, J.; Costantino, Carl J.; Hofmayer, Charles H.; Murphy, Andrew J.; Chokshi, Nilesh; Kitada, Yoshio
1595 Numerical Study of the Effect of Explosive Sources Near the Ground Surface: Crater Formation
Iturrioz, Ignacio; Riera, Jorge D.
1606 Uniformly Probable Design Response Spectra
Diniz, Andreia; Roehl, João Luis
1776 A Experimental Study on Seismic Damage Indicator Considering CAV Concept
Lee, Jong-Rim; Lee, Sang-Hoon
2043 Improved Approach for Obtaining Rotational Components of Seismic Motion
Li, Hongnan; Sun, Liye; Wang, Suyan

Soil - Structure Interaction I

1068

Effect of Viscous Boundries on Seismic Response of Reactor Containment Structure
Prakash, Suraj; Thakkar, Shashi Kant

1119 Analysis of Response Characteristic of Embedded Sway-Rocking Model
Nakamura, Naohiro; Nakamura, Kazuyuki; Ohmiya, Yukio
1343 Soil-Structure Interaction Modeling and Structural Response for Leningrad NPP Reactor Building
Varpasuo, Pentti; Junttila, Kirsi
1381 Impedance Analysis of A Foundation Supported on A Sloping Layered Soil
Ikeda, Yoshio; Tajimi, Hiroshi
1584 Validation of Deconvolution Methodology for SSI Analyses
Bhatt, Jagdish; Mertz, Gregory; Loceff, Frederick
1755 Impedance Function Calculations for Saturated Layered Soils
Simos, Nikolaos; Philippacopoulos, Aristodimos; Papandreou, Dimitri; Krutzik, Norbert J.; Schutz, W.

Soil - Structure Interaction II

1110 Dynamic Impedance of Foundation on Hard Stratum Overlying Soft Stratum
Saeki, Tomoya; Fujiwara, Satoshi; Nagano, Masayuki; Miura, Kenji
1139 Dynamics of Transversely Isotropic Layered Soil Ground, Part 2, The Boundary Conditions of Transversely Isotropic Layered Soil Ground
Chen, Rong; Xue, Songtao
1256 Soil-Structure Interaction Effects on Seismic Response of ISFSI Slabs
Tsai, Nien C.; Ali, Aejaz; Wong, Calvin Y.
1393 Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis Of RBMK-1000 MW Type NPP For Seismic Event
Jordanov, Marin; Karparov, Krasimir Todorov; Asfura, Alejandro P.
1413 Degradation Effects on Soil Column and SSI Frequencies
Miller, Charles A.; Costantino, Carl J.; Graves, III, Herman L.
1480 A Simple Scheme of Time History Response Analysis with Dynamic Stiffness Depending Strongly on Frequencies
Shimomura, Yukio; Ikeda, Yoshio

Soil - Structure Interaction III

1137 Dynamics of Transversely Isotropic Layered Soil Ground, Part 1, The Resonant Charactre and Ground Motion of Tranversely Isotropic Layered Soil Ground
Xue, Songtao; Chen, Rong
1168 Research on Ultimate Behavior of Steel Group Piles Based on Lateral Loading Tests
Sato, Ryu; Togashi, Katsu; Aoto, Katsuhiro; Ogata, Takanori; Chatani, Fumio
1518 A Fundamental Study on Dynamic Cross Interaction of Adjacent Structures Supported on Pile Foundations
Shimomura, Yukio; Oshima, Kaiji; Ikeda, Yoshi; Kondo, Ryuji; Nakanishi, Mistukazu; Adachi, Hiromi
1721 French Operating NPP Design Floor Response Spectra : Margins Related to Soil-Structure Interaction
Vallat, Stéphane; Nazé, Pierre-Alain; Duval, Claude
1741 Quantification of Margins In Soil Structure Interaction. Effect of Incoherency of Input Signal
Sollogoub, Pierre; Rabenand, Jean-Christophe; Vallat, Stéphane; Duval, Claude; Wang, F.
2039 Predicting the Structural Response of Free-Standing Spent Fuel Storage Casks Under Seismic Events
Singh, K.P.; Soler, Alan I.; Smith, Mark

Seismic Response of Structures I

1117 Present and Future Seismic Safety Guideline for NPPs in Japan
Konno, Takaaki
1254 The Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility Project
McConaghy, John M.; Johnson, James V.; Bradley, Terry L.; Li, Chin T.; Meisenheimer, James K.; Tsai, Nien C.
1465 Assessment of the Relevance of Displacement-Based Design Methods/Criteria to Nuclear Plant Structures
Hofmayer, Charles H.; Miller, Charles A.; Wang, Yung; Costello, James F.
2067 Force Reduction Factors for the Seismic Evaluation of Nuclear Structures
Mertz, Gregory; Houston, Thomas W.

Seismic Response of Structures II

1468 A Benchmark Program for Evaluation of Methods For Computing Seismic Response of Coupled Building-Piping/Equipment With Non-Classical Damping
Xu, J.; DeGrassi, Giuliano; Chokshi, Nilesh
1493 Dynamic Behaviour of Piping Section Equipped by Energy Dissipator
Cesari, Franco G.; Battistella, Paolo; Sindaco, Francesco; Bezerra, Luciano/Mendes
1675 Analysis of Confinement Effects for in Water Seismic Tests on PWR Fuel Assemblies
Broc, Daniel; Queval, Jean Claude; Rigaudeau, Jean; Viallet, Emmanuel
1850 Improvement on Residual Rigid Response Approach of Coupled System Analysis
Zhao, Jun
1957 De-coupling Criteria with Respect to Structural Response of a Nuclear Power Plant Structure
Prabhakar, Gundlapalli; Verma, U. S. P.; Warudkar, A.S.
1971 Dynamic Analysis of Nonproportional Damping Structural Systems Time and Frequency-Domain Methods
Venancio-Filho, Fernando; Wang, Yung K.; Lin, Feng B; Claret, Antonio Maria; Ferreira, Walnorio

Seismic Response of Structures III

1130 Nonlinear Earthquake Response Analysis of PWR Reactor Building for Simultaneous Horizontal and Vertical Ground Motion
Murakami, Yousuke; Tsunashima, Naohiko; Ozaki, Masahiko; Nakano, Tomio; Kambayashi, Atsushi; Onimaru, Sadatomo; Nakamura, Naohiro
1323 Seismic Evaluation of Existing Nuclear Facility using Non linear Modelling
Combescure, Didier; Sollogoub, Pierre; Jeanvoine, E.; Politopoulos, I.
1419 Multi-dimensional Non-linear Response of Steel Frame Structures under Multi-dimensional Ground Motions
Murakami, Yousuke; Tsunashima, Naohiko; Maeda, Noboru; Endo, Manabu; Maeno, Hitoshi
1442 Seismic Response Analysis of Complex Steel Structures
Lee, George C.; Rzhevsky, Vladimir A.; Tong, Mai; Wang, Jin
2073 Seismic Response of Lead-and Lead-Bismuth-Cooler-Reactor Vessels
Buongiorno, Jacopo; Hawkes, Brian D.

Seismic Response of Structures IV

1091 Effect of Modelling of Reactor Internals on Seismic Response of Containment Shell
Thakkar, Shashi Kant; Prakash, Suraj
1185 Development of Earthquake Calculations of a Reactor Building over a Period of 25 Years
Henkel, Fritz-Otto; Reuchlein, Roland; Bartsch, Reinhard
1227 Structural Integrity Assessment of HANARO In-Chimney Bracket
Ryu, Jeong-Soo; Yoon, Doo-Byung; Cho, Yeong-Garp; Lee, Jae-Han; Park, Jin-Ho; Wu, Jong-Surp
1458 Modelling of Floor Slabs in Dynamic Analysis
Subramanian, K.V.; Sudarsan, R.P.
1676 Substructuring as a Tool for Design of Floor Slabs
Subramanian, K.V.; Bavare, M.S.; Mapari, H.A; Verma, U. S. P.; Shrivastava, Arvind; Rao, N. Madhusudana

Seismic Response of Structures V

1267 Mathematical Models for the Seismic Analysis of Civil Structures
Prates, Carlos Leopoldo Martins; Albano, Ricardo Cavalcante; Mello Junior, Glauco José Tavares
1272 Model Test On Dynamic Cross Interaction Of Adjacent Buildings In Nuclear Power Plants-Overview And Outline Of Earthquake Observation In The Field Test
Kitada, Yoshio; Iguchi, Michio; Fukuwa, Nobuo; Kusakabe, Kaoru; Nishikawa, Takao; Shinozaki, Yuzo
1280 Earthquake Information and Immediate Damage Estimation System
Kashiwazaki, Takuya; Ishida, Tomoaki; Uetake, Tomiichi; Tanaka, Hideo; Mashimo, Mitsugu; Watanabe, Shuji
1754 Power Spectra Based Seismic Structural Response Using Cross Correlated Free-Field Earthquake Motions
Simos, Nikolaos; Philippacopoulos, Aristodimos; Papandreou, Dimitri
1986 Seismic Response of SDOF Primary - SDOF Secondary System: Effect of Uncertainty in the Primary System Frequency
Choi, Byounghoan; Gupta, Abhinav

Seismic Response of Unanchored Structures

1027 Estimating Seismic Response of Freestanding Scaffolding
Lindley, David W.; Pandya, Dhiren; Khanpour, Abdy
1338 Rockikng Response of Unanchored Body to Base Excitation
Aydin, Kamil; Tung, C.C. David
1433 Slip Phenomena by Occurrence of Air Film Between Tank and Basement
Takada, Hajime; Ueno, Hiromasa; Matsuura, Yoshifusa; Shibata, Heki
1638 Methodology for Prediction of Sliding and Rocking of Rigid Bodies Using Fast Non-Linear Analysis (FNA) Formulation
Esfandiari, Sohrab; Kennedy, Robert P.; Manrique, Miguel; Grubb, Robert
1774 Numerical Simulation of Stick-slip Motion
Penaloza, Felipe Gustavo de Souza; Brito, José Luís Vital de; Doz, Graciela Nora
1987 Newmark's Formula for Estimating Sliding Displacement of an Unanchored Body Subjected to Earthquake Excitation
Choi, Byounghoan; Tung, C.C. David
1988 An Experimental and Analytical Investigation of the Sliding Behavior of Unanchored Structures
Warren, Brandon Taylor; Matzen, Vernon C.

Seismic Response of Equipment

1320 Research for Elasto-plastic Deformation of Piping System Under Seismic Condition with Elasto-plastic FE Analysis Program
Iriki, Nobuyoshi; Hisada, Toshiaki; Watanabe, Hiroshi; Nakatogawa, Tetsundo; Oketani, Koichiro
1360 Enhanced Seismic Criteria for Piping
Touboul, Francoise; Blay, Nadine; Sollogoub, Pierre
1418 Reducing the Sizes of Non-linear Impacting Models in Seismic Response Calculations for Graphite Moderated Reactors
Norman, Keith; Steer, Alan Geoffrey
1620 Seismic Qualification Testing of Concrete Expansion Anchors to Nuclear Standards
Aziz, Tarek S.; Ghobarah, A.
1942 Structural Qualification of High Density Fuel Storage Racks
Blumer, Urs R.; Luethi, Peter; Klaui, Erich
2072 INCABS: A Computer Program for Evaluating Incabinet Spectra
Yang, Jiangfeng; Gupta, Abhinav

Underground Reinforced Concrete (RC) Duct-Type Structures

1294 Research on Streamlining Seismic Safety Evaluation of Underground Reinforced Concrete Duct-Type Structures in Nuclear Power Stations - Part-1. Scope, Objectives and Major Results of the Research
Aoyagi, Yukio; Kanazu, Tsutomu; Endoh, Tatsumi; Okaichi, Akihiro
1295 Research on Streamlining Seismic Safety Evaluation of Underground Reinforced Concrete Duct-Type Structures in Nuclear Power Stations. - Part-2. Experimental Aspects of Laminar Shear Sand Box Excitation Tests with Embedded RC Models
Ohtomo, Keizo; Suehiro, Toshio; Kawai, Tadashi; Kanaya, Kensei
1296 Research on Streamlining Seismic Safety Evaluation of Underground Reinforced Concrete Duct-Type Structures in Nuclear Power Stations - Part-3. Analytical Simulation by RC Macro-model and Simple Soil-Model
Matsui, Jun; Ohtomo, Keizo; Kawai, Tadashi; Okaichi, Akihiro
1298 Research on Streamlining Seismic Safety Evaluation of Underground Reinforced Concrete Duct-Type Structures in Nuclear Power Stations - Part-4. Analytical Simulation by Sophisticated RC Micro-model and Simple Soil Model
Matsuo, Toyofumi; Ohtomo, Keizo; Matsui, Jun; Okaichi, Akihiro
1307 Research on Streamlining Seismic Safety Evaluation of Underground Reinforced Concrete Duct-Type Structures in Nuclear Power Stations - Part-6. Verification of Ultimate Load and Ductility Capacities of RC Ducts
Miyagawa, Yoshinori; Matsumoto, Toshikatsu; Aoyagi, Yukio; Kanaya, Kensei
1387 Research on Streamlining Seismic Safety Evaluation of Underground Reinforced Concrete Duct-Type Structures in Nuclear Power Plant Stations - Part-5. Analytical Simulation by Sophisticated Effective Stress Soil Model and Simple RC Macro-model
Kanatani, Mamoru; Kawai, Tadashi; Matsui, Jun; Okaichi, Akihiro

Seismic Re-evaluation/upgrading

1002 Assessment of Seismic Resistance of a Ventilation Stack of a Reactor Building
Makovicka, Daniel; Makovicka, Daniel
1160 Seismic Safety Evaluation of a Reactor Building under Simultaneous Input of Horizontal and Vertical Earthquake Motions
Kuno, Michiya; Tachibana, Atsushi; Motohashi, Shohei; Kontani, Osamu
1281 Seismic Adequacy of VVER-Type Equipment- Review of Experience
Masopust, Rudolf

Seismic Testing I

1138 Model Test On Dynamic Cross Interaction Of Adjacent Buildings In Nuclear Power Plants - Field Test
Naito, Yukio; Yano, Tatsuo; Suzuki, Atsushi; Kurita, Satoshi; Kazama, Motoki
1156 Model Test on Dynamic Cross Interaction of Adjacent Buildings in Nuclear Power Plants - Laboratory Test
Hirotani, Tsutomu; Yoshida, Kazuhiro; Tamori, Shin'ichiro; Yoshida, Nagayuki; Suzuki, Atsushi
1488 Seismic Tests of a Pile-Supported Structure in Liquefiable Sand Using Large-Scale Blast Excitation
Kamijho, Naotaka; Saito, Hideaki; Kusama, Kazuhiro; Kontani, Osamu; Nigbor, Robert
1492 Simulation Analyses of Seismic Tests of a Pile-Supported Structure in Liquefiable Sand Using Large-Scale Blast Excitation
Kontani, Osamu; Tanaka, Hideo; Ishida, Tomoaki; Miyamoto, Yuji; Koyamada, Kohji
1581 Seismic Proving Test of Heavy Component with Energy Absorbing Supports
Hattori, Kiyoshi; Kuroda, K.; Goto, Masashi; Abe, Hiroshi; Adachi, Naoyuki; Iwatsubo, T.; Konno, M.; Sasaki, Youichi; Tai, K.; Sumiya, H.
1691 Seismic Tests of Interacting Scale one Fuel Assemblies on Shaking Table
Queval, Jean Claude; Broc, Daniel; Rigaudeau, Jean; Viallet, Emmanuel
1789 Effects of Lead Plug in Lead Rubber Bearings on Seismic Test Responses for an Isolated Test Structure
Yoo, Bong; Lee, Jae-Ham; Koo, Gyeong-Hoi
1910

World's Largest Shaking Table Takes Shapes in Japan (2nd Report)
Ohtani, Keiichi; Ogawa, Nobuyuki; Katayama, Tsuneo; Shibata, Heki; Nakagawa, Osamu

Seismic Testing II

1085

Improvement of Accuracy of Seismic-Acceleration Waveforms of Shaking Tables by Compensating for the Reaction Force in Real-Time
Horiuchi, Toshihiko; Dozono, Yoshihiro; Konno, Takao

1118 Study on Maximum Seismic Capacity of In-Line RCS RTDs
Sohn, Yong-Soo; Lee, Dae-Hee; Rhee, Huinam; Sohn, Gap-Heon
1278 Study on the Seismic Response of China Experimental LMFBR including Fluid-Structure Interaction
Lu, Liang; Lu, Xi-lin; Qian, Jiang
1471 Seismic Qualification of Secondary Devices for Differential Pressure Transmitters Used In- Wwer-440 Reactors at Kozloduy NPP
Spassov, Pavel L.; Ganchev, Ognjan; Illescas, Antoni; Patarozliev, Bojcho Kirilov; Ouroutchev, Vladimir
1513

Modal Vibration Response Behavior of Multi-Span Tube Array with Two Different Support Designs
Haslinger, Karl H.

Seismic Base Isolation

1015

Development of 3 Dimensional Base Isolation System for Nuclear Power Plants
Somaki, Takahiro; Nakatogawa, Tetsundo; Miyamoto, Akinori; Sugiyama, Kouichi; Oyobe, Yoshihisa; Tamachi, Kaoru

1082 Vibration Response of a Three-storied Full-scale Test Building Passively Controlled by Liquid Dampers Sealed by Viscoelastic Material
Funaki, Naoki; Kang, Jaewoan; Kawamata, Shigeya
1166 The Development of Seismic-Isolated APWR Plants
Tanaka, Toshihiko
1264 Design Method of Vertical Component Isolation System
Kitamura, Seiji; Morishita, Masaki
1306 Aseismic Design of Structure-Equipment Systems Using Variable Frequency Pendulum Isolator
Sinha, Ravi; Murnal, Pranesh
1367 Main Features and Conclusions of the 1999 International Post-SMiRT Conference Seminar on Seismic Isolation, Passive Energy Dissipation and Active Control of Vibrations of Structures
Martelli, Alessandrol Forni, Massimo; Koh, Hyun Min
1814 A Sensitivity Investigation upon the Dynamic Structural Response of a Nuclear Plant on Aseismic Isolating Devices
Micheli, Igli; Colaiuda, A.

Seismic Vibration Control I

1717 Predictive Active Control of Single Mode Response of Building Frames Using ANN
Rao, M. Mallikharjuna; Datta, Tushar Kanti
1718 Sensitivity Analysis of Actively Controlled Buildings Under Seismic Excitation
Bhardwaj, Munish Kumar; Datta, Tushar Kanti
1821 Effects of Seismic Protecting Devices for Polar Crane
Lebailly, Patrick; Revaud, Daniel
1864

Vibration Control of Irregular Building-MTMD Systems Considering Soil-Structure Interaction Effect
Lin, Chi-Chang; Wang, Jer-Fu

Seismic Vibration Control II

1019

The Effect of High Frequently Vertical Ground Motion on Columns of Buildings and a Proposed Vertical Shock Absorber
Muraji, Masao; Tachibana, Eizaburo

1150 Study of the Dynamic and Earthquake Behavior of Rigid Bodies with or without the Inclusion of Shape Memory Alloy Devices
Manos, George C.; Demosthenous, Milton; Kourtides, Vladimir
1300 "KHONSAR-" A New, Replaceable, High Energy Dissipating, Beam-to-Column Connection for Skeletal Structures
Khonsari, Seyed Vahid; England, George Lesley; Parvinnia, Mohammad Hossein
1368 R&D in Progress at ENEA on the Innovative Anti-seismic Techniques, with Particular Attention to the Industrial Plants
Martelli, Alessandro; Forni, Massimo; Poggianti, Alessandro; Spadoni, Bruno
1901 Product Specification and Mechanical Properties of Chinese Rubber Bearings
Liu, Wenguang; Zhou, Fulin; Sun, Feng; Huo, Da; Yan, Weiming

 

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