Earthquake response spectra for seismic design of nuclear power plants in the UK

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 968-977

  Bommer, Julian J ^a   Papaspiliou, Myrto ^a,b   Price, Warren ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE ACTION; EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PREDICTION EQUATIONS; PREDICTIVE EQUATIONS; RESPONSE SPECTRA; SEISMIC LOADINGS; SPECTRAL SHAPES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EARTHQUAKES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

SEISMIC DESIGN;

EID: 79952575750     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2011.01.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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