Sensitivity of dynamic behaviour of the FE model: Case study for the Ignalina NPP reactor building

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-129

  Baušys, Romualdas ^a   Dundulis, Gintautas ^b,c   Kačianauskas, Rimantas ^a   Markauskas, Darius ^a   Rimkevičius, Sigitas ^b   Stupak, Eugeniuš ^a   Stupak, Stanislav ^a   Šliaupa, Saulius ^d  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b LITHUANIAN ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Lithuania)

^c KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Free field spectra; Frequency analysis; Ignalina nuclear power plant; Instructure response spectra; Seismic analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BENDING (DEFORMATION); DYNAMIC RESPONSE; DYNAMICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; IRON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS; MODEL STRUCTURES; REACTION KINETICS; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCELERATION SPECTRUMS; ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN FINITE ELEMENT (FE) MODEL; CASE STUDIES; DATA UNCERTAINTIES; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; FINITE ELEMENT (FE) MODELING; FRAME STRUCTURES; GROUND RESPONSE; MONOLITHIC STRUCTURES; REACTOR BUILDING (R/B); RESPONSE SPECTRUM; SEISMIC INPUTS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SITE SPECIFIC; THIN-WALLED; VARIATIONS OF; WALL STIFFNESS;

DYNAMIC MODELS;

EID: 45749101183     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/1392-3730.2008.14.7     Document Type: Article

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