Seismic evaluation of a cooling water reservoir facility including fluid-structure and soil-structure interaction effects
- Advanced Engineering Consultants, Inc., San Francisco, CA (United States)
- Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
Seismic analyses and structural evaluations were performed for a cooling water reservoir of a nuclear reactor facility. The horizontal input seismic motion was the NRC Reg. Guide 1.60 spectrum shape anchored at 0.20 g zero period acceleration. Vertical input was taken as two-thirds of the horizontal input. Soil structure interaction and hydrodynamic effects were addressed in the seismic analyses. Uncertainties in the soil properties were accounted for by considering three soil profiles. Two 2-dimensional SSI models and a 3-dimensional static model, representing different areas of the reservoir structures were developed and analyzed to obtain seismic forces and moments, and accelerations at various locations. The results indicated that both hydrodynamic and soil-structure interaction effects are significant contributors to the seismic responses of the water-retaining walls of the reservoir.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- OSTI ID:
- 5666921
- Report Number(s):
- WSRC-MS-91-137; CONF-910602-53; ON: DE92009429
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1991 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) pressure vessels and piping conference, San Diego, CA (United States), 23-27 Jun 1991
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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