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Title: CARES1.2. Computer Analysis fo Rapid Evaluation of Structures

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:436740
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  1. Constantino, Miller and Associates, Monsey, NY (United States)

CARES1.2, Computer Analysis for Rapid Evaluation of Structures, was developed for NRC staff use to determine the validity and accuracy of the analysis methods used by various utilities for structural safety evaluations of nuclear power plants. CARES1.2 is organized in a modular format with the basic modules of the system performing static, seismic, and nonlinear analysis. In this release, only the seismic module is implemented. This module defines the design seismic criteria at a given site, evaluates the free-field motion, and computes the structural response and floor response spectra including soil-structure interaction. The eight options in CARES1.2 currently are: a general manager for the seismic module, deconvolution analysis, structural data preparation for soil-structure interaction (SSI) analysis, input motion preparation for SSI analysis, SSI analysis, earthquake simulations/data, PSD (Power Spectral Density) related acceleration time history/spectra analysis, and plot generation.

Research Organization:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
OSTI ID:
436740
Report Number(s):
ESTSC/NRC-000012SPARC00
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1 Sep 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English