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Structural Mechanics
in Reactor Technology
Toronto 12
Toronto, 12-17
17 August 2007
Special session
The IAEA Coordinated
Research Project on
Safety Significance of
Near Field Earthquakes
Francisco Beltrán
IDOM
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IDOM-Spain
OUTLINE
z Motivation
z Conclusions
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IDOM-Spain
Motivation
level 6
level 5
level 4
shear level 3
flexible
beams
l
level
l2
level 1
A A'
foundation level
shaking table
rigid beams
springs
Reinforced concrete:
Young modulus 28 GPa
Poisson’s ratio 0.20
D
Damping
i ratio
ti 5% ( t
(structure)
t )
2% (shaking table)
3.00E+07
Segregated 2.50E+07
t t l
concrete-steel 2.00E+07
+ 5 00E+06
5.00E+06
Steel bars
0.00E+00
(longitudinal) -1.00E-03 0.00E+00 1.00E-03 2.00E-03 3.00E-03 4.00E-03 5.00E-0
-5.00E+06
Tension
-1.00E+07
ε
Elastic-plastic
model for Concrete constitutive behavior
reinforcing steel
Pushover analysis
MODEL B. Pushover curve
140
Good for Computed
displacements:
120
< 4 mm
100
> 40 mm
80
F (kN)
0
Blame on tension 0 5 10
Top displacement (m)
15 20 25
stiffening!!
Section forces are overestimated 20-30% with respect to mean, except for RUN 4
(“Tuned” lower natural frequency means lower spectral ordinate in RUN 1, 2 and 3)
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IDOM-Spain
Computed
Test
Shift of frequency is not captured: FRS is not acceptable without peak broadening
Results from participants: IDOM-
IDOM-Spain
Computed
Test
Shift of frequency is not captured: FRS is not acceptable without peak broadening
Results from participants: IDOM-
IDOM-Spain
Conclusions
Comments
Using nonlinear analyses and DBA can reduce conservatism at the price
of admitting some non-
non-recoverable deformation, but: