Seismic Risk Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants addresses the needs of graduate students in engineering, practicing engineers in industry, and regulators in government agencies, presenting the entire process of seismic risk analysis in a clear, logical, and concise manner. It offers a systematic and comprehensive introduction to seismic risk analysis of critical engineering structures focusing on nuclear power plants, with a balance between theory and applications, and includes the latest advances in research. It is suitable as a graduate-level textbook, for self-study, or as a reference book. Various aspects of seismic risk analysis - from seismic hazard, demand, and fragility analyses to seismic risk quantification, are discussed, with detailed step-by-step analysis of specific engineering examples. It presents a wide range of topics essential for understanding and performing seismic risk analysis, including engineering seismology, probability theory and random processes, digital signal processing, structural dynamics, random vibration, and engineering risk and reliability.
Author(s): Wei-Chau Xie, Shun-Hao Ni, Wei Liu, Wei Jiang
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 631
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Nomenclature......Page 14
1.1 Introduction to Types of Nuclear Power Plants......Page 20
1.2 Important Structures, Systems, and Components in Nuclear Power Plants......Page 24
1.3 Seismic Design Philosophy and Requirements......Page 26
1.4 Seismic Risk Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants......Page 32
2.1 Earthquakes......Page 36
2.2 Case Study − The Great East Japan Earthquake......Page 51
2.3 Strong Ground Motion......Page 56
2.4 Probabilistic Ground-Motion Parameters......Page 62
3.1 Random Processes......Page 76
3.2 Properties of Random Processes......Page 84
3.3 Single Degree-of-Freedom System......Page 96
3.4 Multiple Degrees-of-Freedom Systems......Page 103
3.5 Stationary Response to Random Excitation......Page 105
3.6 Seismic Response Analysis......Page 114
3.7 Nonlinear Systems......Page 124
3.8 Appendix − Method of Residue......Page 127
4.1 Ground Response Spectra......Page 134
4.2 t-Response Spectrum......Page 156
4.3 Appendix......Page 168
5.1 Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis (DSHA)......Page 172
5.2 Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis......Page 173
5.3 Seismic Hazard Deaggregation......Page 186
5.4 Treatment of Epistemic Uncertainty......Page 193
5.5 Seismic Design Spectra Based on PSHA......Page 195
5.6 Site Response Analysis......Page 200
6.1 Generating Ground Motions for Seismic Analysis......Page 249
6.2 Spectral Matching Algorithms for Artificial Ground Motions......Page 254
6.3 Spectral Matching Algorithms Based on Recorded Ground Motions......Page 258
6.4 Generating Drift-Free and Consistent Time-Histories Using Eigenfunctions......Page 279
7.1 Introduction......Page 302
7.2 Structural Modelling......Page 303
7.3 Numerical Example......Page 313
8.1 Introduction......Page 347
8.2 Floor Response Spectra......Page 351
8.3 Time-History Method for Generating FRS......Page 354
8.4 Direct Method for Generating FRS......Page 358
8.5 Scaling Method for Generating FRS......Page 384
8.6 Generating FRS Considering SSI......Page 402
9.1 Seismic Fragility......Page 429
9.2 HCLPF Capacity......Page 435
9.3 Methodology of Fragility Analysis......Page 437
9.4 Conservative Deterministic Failure Margin (CDFM) Method......Page 460
9.5 Case Study − Horizontal Heat Exchanger......Page 465
9.6 Masonry Block Wall......Page 502
10.1 Introduction......Page 536
10.2 System Analysis......Page 539
10.3 Seismic Risk Quantification......Page 555
10.4 Seismic Margin Assessment......Page 557
10.5 Seismic Probabilistic Safety Assessment with Screening Tables......Page 565
10.6 Hybrid Method for Seismic Risk Assessment......Page 566
10.7 Estimation of Seismic Risk from HCLPF Capacity......Page 570
10.8 Numerical Examples − ECI System......Page 571
a.1 Normal Distribution......Page 581
a.2 Lognormal Distribution......Page 583
b.1 Sampling......Page 587
b.2 Fourier Series and Fourier Transforms......Page 591
b.3 Digital Signal Processing......Page 599
b.4 Digital Filters......Page 603
b.5 Resampling......Page 605
b.6 Numerical Example − Gaussian White Noise......Page 608
Bibliography......Page 614
Index......Page 628
