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Title: CARES. Seismic Structural Safety Evaluation

Abstract

CARES, 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. CARES 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 CARES 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.

Authors:
; ; ;  [1]
  1. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
OSTI Identifier:
139265
Report Number(s):
ESTSC/NRC-000012IBMPC00; NESC-1142
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: DN: The source is not supplied as part of the package. CARES uses the proprietary Microcompatibles, Inc. GRAFMATICS graphics package which is not included. However, the necessary GRAFMATICS routines are provided as part of the executable CARES program.; PBD: 1 Jul 1990
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
99 MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERS, INFORMATION SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT, LAW, MISCELLANEOUS; 22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; C CODES; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; STRUCTURAL MODELS; COMPUTER PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SEISMIC EVENTS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Citation Formats

Xu, J, Philippacopoulas, A J, Miller, C A, and Costantino, C J. CARES. Seismic Structural Safety Evaluation. United States: N. p., 1990. Web.
Xu, J, Philippacopoulas, A J, Miller, C A, & Costantino, C J. CARES. Seismic Structural Safety Evaluation. United States.
Xu, J, Philippacopoulas, A J, Miller, C A, and Costantino, C J. 1990. "CARES. Seismic Structural Safety Evaluation". United States.
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title = {CARES. Seismic Structural Safety Evaluation},
author = {Xu, J and Philippacopoulas, A J and Miller, C A and Costantino, C J},
abstractNote = {CARES, 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. CARES 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 CARES 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.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/139265}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990},
month = {Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990}
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