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Mie gas Des 0190) 21-257 STRUCTURAL DAMPING VALUES AS a FUNCTION (OF DYNAMIC RESPONSE STRESS AND DEFORMATION LEVELS "| 1D. STEVENSON ‘esate los, owes nth cots of tana pa deg e cena ote ahaa Somer cn hd oat ty eae ony epee rahe a toe a esd ttt au noe lst stuctis deupment is summa and my acd Rena ts sania cee te intends hich ree pale pig ales ed mds sos lees otros dete 1-tntrodection Damping sits nomally defined isthe means by which the response motion of srt ystems seduced asthe esl of energy ones. However, ‘wed inthe context of nucle plant dese, the eects ‘of changes instructor snes, geometry, support ‘configuration, and modulus of elit ar aso ‘swally lumped under the gene heading of damping Incarrent design methods: For oavenince in stv tural desi, damping usualy sumed cous Imnatureand in ection of swe in moda response spectrum djamic analyse noally expesed percent feel Material damping i sally ented 3 that dn ping asoeiated wih ysterss energy los i the mater las as experiences ses eyeing This for of da Pings extremay smal forte ysl in he range 91008 100.2 percent of ete and 0.25 90.5 for concrete up to il ofthe material [I] ab tends to be relatively isersitve to ses eel up to yield of ‘he materi. Even bore yl material damp Pope LI te tion Cone ceo ttt esis a Rear Tem ‘Bes 13-17 Aap, 199 ales tend 0 semaine low for staal sade steel where work hatdeang in the plat ange ‘sults inns loading and unloading of he materi Intension or compresion during additonal eles, Asecond form of reduced eespomeitypelly ented astral damplag an ncades mate Ja damping effects plus that de ofston an joint slippage and other sal nonlines or detning fects ‘sch as changesin bounday eoaiion and modulus of elstity within the limit of working ses levee (G40 1060 percent of eld intel and 40 peeent of compresv ultimate strength in conree, Fly thee pact damping which ices lnpactortangng in the closig ot paps in supports changes in goretry. Such danny eimate ‘ypialy ange between 5 and 10 perce ciel for sel piping and ales as high 25 peonnt have been ‘sed for fel element. Damping vals wed in design ‘ue usually limited to materi plus stdturl effects wen cst or Lina analyse i ateuned, When non linear analysis used which consider gu and ba sing between supports, impact damping ae welt ‘sually considered Damping can have avery icant effet on sie nic deg requirements for components ear o at resonance condition. Typically a chang fom 08 a 4D. Stevomon | Set damp tes stent o 2 percent damping woul duce wssmic lead requirements in the poet esonance region bya factor of 20 of moe loweer,darping for ‘somponens more than one cctite removed fram the limit of resonance rein he reat lle eet on resultan respons loads Damping valves for materi an structural com ents are normally determined expeinentally by the fee decay, the tandwidth, mapnication factor ‘ot respons methods 8 described in ef. [I]. In such ‘experimental determination of denping in else ‘url systems itis usualy not posible to distinguish between measured mateal and stuctral damping in design of mcleae plan fees ely two oF thre sets of damping ales must be developed (the damping ofthe ung stacture, (@)the damping af the mechanical and local equipment and dtribtion ystems aad (Chand damping inthe foundation meds except, ln those cases where mela stutu ae found on "ock ving shear wave velety in exces of 1200) In generat sould be understood that damping as ‘ed indesign or analysis of muses pln isan expe imeatlly determined factor which red to mae theres of nat elastic aml of dynamic sy toms agree reasonably well with obered experimen ‘al ost 2 Historical development ‘Tie fit damping valves general considered in cea powe lat design were tho sugested by Houser (2. These ues showin able 1 were ‘sed extensively in the U.S. ad Japan for seme alysis during the period 1963 through 1968, These ‘als which were single valued forall modes, ates and earthquake ees were morally used with the Houser type response petra shown in fg ‘Start in 1969 Newmark gested the use of ferent ground esponse specs [3] and incon {tion withthe ue of thee new spectra shown, ‘fig 2he suggested anew sto damping values be ‘sed sown in table 2- Arcam be seen by the table, [Newmark made damping faction of ses eel ‘This in turn made seis analy iterative proce re since simi load could not be determined unt ‘eHow pean cate pase dang aes 1 he os stress as defined which was ot posible unl oad as defined. For this reson, the ala nds in the US. strongly resisted adoption of the Newmark amping valves a Japan, the tendency was acon "nue owe the Houser damping value Final. 1973 a comproase was worked out between the US. mules indusey and the US, Nila Regula ‘ory Commision where dang was msde function ‘of carthquke ciher OBE or SSE. The raonale being ‘hat under OBE leads allowable tres are lower heres ‘those permitted for the SSE loud condition The po- css isa self comeing. Ha damping alesse. {ed fo the analysis ofa eamponent which cannot be supported by the ste eve developed, the daping should befower which would inert the sesmie load heace theses inthe corsponent. Ths in the lt, te eta sts approaches the maximum lion abl tres permitted inthe OBE or SSE load cases. andthe limited damping value defined would be used. This compeomize appeared a Replrtony Guide 11 and continues vo form teeta for etnition of damping ales cusceiy ose in US. ‘nuclear power plan design. Tete damping vals te ‘town in table 3 and are ued with ground response Spectra defined in Regulatory Guide 1.604 shown in fe 3 eshould te understood that the daping values resented in KG. 1.61 ae deste a inten a In genera, thee values should be considered scone ‘aie lower bound values slab for desig nthe sence ofthe research necessary to eter quatiy damping values AS more data on damping directly appliaeto nuclear power plant sommponens 3: tems and truce is generated ie atcpated the RG. 1.61 desig values wll be modified. Amore ‘can centered (upper ang it) secommendation stent oad srindwsty in ne Nema ‘5 Fialy in ‘een the lear Regula nade funtion | tinal being selower there lower thas tio The pro values le. ichcannot be ‘he damping ie selene ‘Th inthe taximum allow: Toad case sould be Repulatoy tei for sed in US. ping vas interim ale. eed 35 comer sgn inthe ferquantiy edie Sens 7 pated the pi ACCELERATION OF r) "SPECTRA ARE FOR A MAXIMUM HORIZONTAL Gi ot Ru 10 Seven | Scr doin rates ais “Typ Newmar pe dag aloe ie row ts so 12 Weed te ese, vst ‘Seen st eta faeces) 1 Dated aor seed wos 1, Woodstown 5-20 ‘rh permanent in Bee te 5-10 Deserta a Pre coe ea wos 4 Bad andor stat 0 5S Allan (cine tt moa dane In evoking dominio mos) Racking of ete ratte 2 avste= 600i as © Onset tee = 2000 9 ao "ge apne ae for oer a f ae aay of damping made by Newark and al i found in tet I] which is reproduced hes 8 table 4. 3. Other caret damping criteria ln adtion tothe damping aes presented in RG. 1.61 which re linited to stuctral components nate, doves penerally 2 need to define damping sociated wih sol svete Interaction, compo ens in water and effective camping of setae. made up of different material aad more cell, damping asocated with higher mode response resulting from higher frequency, impact and impulse

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