Analysis of Slender Prestressed Concrete Columns
This paper briefly describes an analytical model developed to study slenderness effects in prestressed concrete columns and walls and predict the characteristics of such members over a...
Guidelines for Application of FEM to RC Design
In this paper, the main contents of the guidelines for the application of FEM analysis to the design of reinforced concrete structures are presented. The guidelines were published by the...
Application Examples of FEM to Concrete Structures
The paper illustrates the practical application of the FEM by means of examples for plain/reinforced/prestressed concrete structures. These examples, including both global and local analyses...
The Validation Problem?Historical Developments
Validation of a probability consists of the estimation of the reliability of the probability. Validation is important when probabilities are based on data, rather than theoretical exercises....
Issues in the Validation of Probabilistic Methods
Probabilistic models are being used increasingly in safety assessments and regulatory decision-making. There is a need to relate the risks computed using these models to service data in...
LRFD for U. S. Bridge Design ? Validation Issues
During the 1987 meeting of the AASHTO Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures, recommendations from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), Project 20-7/31, regarding...
Reliability-Based Design of Transmission Line Structures
Reliability-Based Design (RBD) is an emerging concept for the design of transmission line structures and holds the potential to reduce the cost of lines or increase their reliability....
Applications of Probability for Structural Analysis in the Nuclear Industry
Probabilistic techniques are being used as part of structural analysis in the nuclear industry to investigate various safety-related issues. Historically nuclear power plants have been...
Overview of Programs at Sandia National Laboratories
This paper presents on overview of the containment integrity programs at Sandia National Laboratories. Companion papers at this conference give greater details about the construction,...
Design and Construction of A 1/6 Scale, LWR Reinforced Concrete Containment
This paper summarizes the closely coordinated engineering and construction planning associated with the design and construction of a reinforced concrete containment model. Designed at...
Containment Model ? Test Program and Results
Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) completed the testing of a 1:6-scale containment building for a Light Water Reactor (LWR) in July 1987. The containment building was made of reinforced...
An Overview of the Round-Robin Analysis of the 1:6-Scale Reinforced Concrete Containment Model
The results of nonlinear structural analyses of a 1:6-scale reinforced concrete model, which were independently conducted by ten different organizations, are briefly described and compared...
Stress Analysis of the Liner and Liner Anchorage System Near Penetrations in a Reinforced Concrete Reactor Containment
An overpressurization experiment was conducted on a scale-model of a reinforced concrete containment building. The test was terminated when tears formed in the steel liner. Virtually all...
Development of a Test Validated Methodology for Predicting Concrete Containment Leakage
In the past several years, considerable research effort has been devoted by the Electric Power Research Institute and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the behavior of reactor...
Strength Evaluation of Existing Reinforced Concrete Structures
The load test as described in ACI 318-83 Chapter 20, entitled 'Strength Evaluation of Existing Structures,' was conducted at 60%, 80%, and 100% of the calculated...
Energy Approach of Earthquake-Structural Design Analysis
A new procedure developed from the earthquake energy concepts is presented in this paper. A short-squat building and a long-slender building are analyzed using the presented procedure....
Fourier Series Expansion on Determination of Response Bound of Beam
Fourier series expansion is suggested to discrete the continuous vibrating system by regarding Fourier constants as generalized displacement parameters. The orthogonal merit to the terms...
Aerodynamic Modeling of Chimneys
The wake induced acrosswind behavior of circular cross-section structures, such as industrial chimney, has been studied for many years using wind tunnel models. Due to the relaxation of...
Mitigation of Wind-Induced Vibration of Tall Buildings
This paper summarizes a detailed study of the sensitivity of building acceleration to changes in structural stiffness, mass and damping and to the eccentricities in the centers of stiffness...
Aerodynamic Methods for Mitigating Wind-Induced Building Motions
Excessive wind-induced motions of tall buildings most frequently result from vortex shedding induced across-wind oscillations. This form of excitation is most pronounced for relatively...
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