Utilities/industries joint study on seismic isolation systems for LWRs — Part II. Observed behaviors of base-isolated general buildings under real earthquakes

1991 ◽  
Vol 127 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takao Matsumura ◽  
Shoji Sato ◽  
Muneaki Kato
Author(s):  
Tynymbek O. Ormonbekov ◽  
Ulugbek T. Begaliev

The purpose of the present work is the analysis of existing methods of seismoisolation in the Kyrgyz Republic at which 95% of territory has seismically active zone with intensity 8, 9 and more. Also an opportunity of application of system seismic protection as rubber-metal bearings.


Author(s):  
Tsutomu Hirotani ◽  
Ryota Takahama ◽  
Masaki Yukawa ◽  
Hiroshi Hibino ◽  
Yuji Aikawa ◽  
...  

This paper provides a series comprising the “Development of Evaluation Method for Seismic Isolation Systems of Nuclear Power Facilities”. Part 6 presents scaled tests for Lead Rubber Bearing (LRB) newly developed for this project. Following tests are performed to obtain the basic characteristics of LRB,. (1) Horizontal and Vertical Simultaneous Loading Test: LRBs with diameter of 250mm are tested dynamically under simultaneous axial and lateral loading. The hysteresis characteristics is not changed under compressive load although it is changed under tensile load. (2) Basic Break Test: LRBs with a diameter of 800mm are tested statically under various combinations of axial and lateral forces. The hysteresis characteristics model of LRB is determined by this test. It is confirmed that the breaking strain of LRB under compression load exceeds 450%. (3) Horizontal Hardening and Vertical Softening Test: For LRBs with a diameter of 1200 mm, 75% scale of actual LRB are tested statically for horizontal hardening and vertical softening regions. It is confirmed that the hysteresis model which is developed by smaller LRBs is applicable to these large scale models.


Author(s):  
Koichi Tai ◽  
Keisuke Sasajima ◽  
Shunsuke Fukushima ◽  
Noriyuki Takamura ◽  
Shigenobu Onishi

This paper provides a part of series of “Development of an Evaluation Method for Seismic Isolation Systems of Nuclear Power Facilities”. Paper is focused on the seismic evaluation method of the multiply supported systems, as the one of the design methodology adopted in the equipment and piping system of the seismic isolated nuclear power plant in Japan. Many of the piping systems are multiply supported over different floor levels in the reactor building, and some of the piping systems are carried over to the adjacent building. Although Independent Support Motion (ISM) method has been widely applied in such a multiply supported seismic design of nuclear power plant, it is noted that the shortcoming of ignoring correlations between each excitations is frequently misleaded to the over-estimated design. Application of Cross-oscillator, Cross-Floor response Spectrum (CCFS) method, proposed by A. Asfura and A. D. Kiureghian[1] shall be considered to be the excellent solution to the problems as mentioned above. So, we have introduced the algorithm of CCFS method to the FEM program. The seismic responses of the benchmark model of multiply supported piping system are evaluated under various combination methods of ISM and CCFS, comparing to the exact solutions of Time History analysis method. As the result, it is demonstrated that the CCFS method shows excellent agreement to the responses of Time History analysis, and the CCFS method shall be one of the effective and practical design method of multiply supported systems.


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