Seismic qualification of ventilation stack
This paper describes the method to be used to qualify the 105 K ventilation stack at the U.S. Department of Energy`s Hanford Site, near Richland, Washington, under seismic and wind loadings. The stack stands at 175 ft (53.34 m), with a diameter tapering from 22 ft (6.71 m) at the foundation to 12.83 ft (3.91 m) at the top. Although the stack is classified as Safety Class 3 (low hazard), it is treated as a Safety Class 1 (high hazard) component, as failure could damage a Safety Class 1 facility (the irradiated fuel storage basin). The evaluation used U.S. Department of Energy criteria specified in UCRL 15910 (1990). The seismic responses of the stack under earthquake loading were obtained from modal analyses with response spectrum input that used the ANSYS (1989) finite-element computer code. The moments and shear forces from the results of seismic analysis were used to qualify the reinforcement capacity of the stack structure by the ultimate-strength method. The wind forces acting on the stack in both along-wind and crosswind directions were also calculated. Presented are evaluations of the soil bearing pressure, the moment, and the shear capacity of the stack foundation.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-87RL10930
- OSTI ID:
- 10191145
- Report Number(s):
- WHC-SA-2141; CONF-940613-27; ON: DE95001987; TRN: 94:022717
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1994 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) pressure vessels and piping conference,Minneapolis, MN (United States),19-23 Jun 1994; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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