| Issue |
MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 138, 2017
The 6th International Conference of Euro Asia Civil Engineering Forum (EACEF 2017)
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| Article Number | 02008 | |
| Number of page(s) | 10 | |
| Section | 2-Structural and Construction Engineering | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201713802008 | |
| Published online | 30 December 2017 | |
Dynamic Response of AP1000 Nuclear Island Due to Safe Shutdown Earthquake Loading
1 Department of Architecture, College of Engineering, Nihon University, Koriyama, Japan
2 Institute of Mechanics, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam
3 Department of Civil Engineering, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia
* Corresponding author: buntara@arch.ce.nihon-u.ac.jp
AP1000 is a standard nuclear power plant developed by Westinghouse and its partners by using an advanced passive safety feature. Among the five principle building structures, namely the nuclear island, turbine building, annex building, diesel generator building and radwaste building, the safety of the nuclear island building is the most concerned. This paper investigates the dynamic response of the nuclear island building of the AP1000 plant subjected to safe shutdown earthquake loadings. A finite element model for the building, which is assumed to be built in a hard-rock base, is developed and its dynamic response is computed with the aid of the commercial finite element package ANSYS. The dynamic characteristics, including the natural frequencies, the vibration modes, and the time histories for displacements, velocities, and accelerations of the building are obtained for two typical safe shutdown earthquakes, El Centro and Kobe earthquakes. The dynamic behavior of the building due to the earthquakes and its safety is examined and highlighted.
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