Title
Seismic fragility analysis of a non-conventional reinforced concrete structure considering different uncertainties
Date Issued
01 January 2016
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Swissnuclear
Publisher(s)
KU Leuven, Departement Werktuigkunde
Abstract
Consideration of uncertainty is crucial in hazardous structures, such as nuclear power plants subjected to seismic loading. It is expected that taking into account the uncertainty of several parameters involved in the analysis would provide more reliable and stable results, however the computational time might increase considerably depending on the structural numerical model and analysis methods. In this paper, we compare the fragility curves using different analysis methods for 3-D finite element model and a simplified 1-D finite element model of a reinforced concrete test structure from a previous research project. The 3-D finite element model developed is analyzed considering linear and nonlinear material properties subjected to dynamic loading. Using the simplified model, the fragility curves are obtained considering the uncertainty in ground motion, material properties, and in boundary conditions. Response surface methods are utilized for probabilistic computation.
Start page
4213
End page
4225
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de la construcción
Geoquímica, Geofísica
Ingeniería civil
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85018187599
Resource of which it is part
Proceedings of ISMA 2016 - International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD2016 - International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics
ISBN of the container
978-907380294-0
Conference
27th International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering, ISMA 2016 and International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics, USD2016
Sources of information:
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