Title of article
Effectofnear-faultearthquakesonNorthAmericannucleardesignspectraOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors
K.Galal، نويسنده , , A.Ghobarah، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
Pages
9
From page
1928
To page
1936
Abstract
Groundmotionrecordsfromrecentearthquakesshowthatnear-faultgroundmotionsaredifferentfromfar-fieldgroundmotionsinthattheyoftencontainstrongcoherentdynamiclongperiodpulsesandpermanentgrounddisplacements.Theobjectiveofthecurrentstudyistoassessthesafetyimplicationsofnear-faultearthquakes(NFE)onnuclearpowerplantstructuresdesignedaccordingtoNorthAmericancodes.Fifty-fourfault-normalnear-faultrecordsintheforwarddirectivitywereselectedforthisinvestigation.SpectralcomparisonoftheselectedearthquakerecordswiththeUSandCanadiandesignspectrawasconducted.Fromtheinvestigationitwasconcludedthatthecurrentnucleardesignspectramayneedtobeadjustedtobetterreflecttheeffectofnear-faultearthquakegroundmotions.
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year
2006
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number
941312
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