... by the maximum response. 21 02 2008 28 11 2008 15 05 2009 earthquake engineering failure analysis hysteresis pipes plastic deformation pressure vessels probability reliability seismology structural engineering The important secondary systems such as pipings, tanks...

... 2007 15 02 2008 22 01 2009 beams (structures) earthquake engineering elasticity plates (structures) seismology sloshing tanks (containers) vibrations liquid storage tank floating roof single-deck sloshing fluid-structure interaction potential theory long-period...

... tanks on a rigid or flexible supporting system is demonstrated and the results are compared to those obtained by rigorous FEM analyses. 31 10 2006 16 05 2007 10 09 2008 earthquake engineering finite element analysis flexible structures seismology tanks (containers...

... mechanism of the floating roof is not fully understood. liquid storage tank floating roof sloshing fluid-structure interaction potential theory long-period ground motion earthquake engineering elasticity plates (structures) roofs seismology sloshing tanks (containers) vibrations...

...Heki Shibata nuclear power stations earthquakes nuclear reactor maintenance failure analysis fission reactor design fission reactor safety seismology nuclear facility regulation This papers deals with the importance of input ground motions for the seismic safety design of nuclear...

... 24 06 2005 containers seismology water storage damping shapes (structures) stress analysis earthquakes The safety of a structure is dependant on number of factors, both intrinsic and external to the structure. Seismic ground motion is an important consideration associated...

... seismology earthquakes stress analysis design engineering 24 05 2004 03 06 2005 2005 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

..., Infrastructure and Transport, 1980, “Notification No. 1793-1980, Technical Standard for Calculation of Seismic Story Shear Distribution Factor along the Height of a Building Structure, etc.,” (in Japanese). earthquakes civil engineering seismology building architecture soil The Building Code...

...Gerry Slagis 26 02 2004 I would like to thank the authors and reviewers for their efforts to publish this special issue on seismic engineering. pressure vessels fission reactor design fission reactor safety earthquakes seismology fission reactor materials nuclear...

... September 2003 13 October 2003 26 02 2004 nuclear power stations seismology earthquakes fission reactor design fission reactor materials fission reactor safety pressure vessels One of the authors (Shibata) primarily intended to prepare a paper titled “Leadership concerning...

... cranes seismology nonlinear dynamical systems Container cranes play an important role in loading and unloading cargo containers between container carriers and a container yard. They are very slender and flexible structures. Moreover, their centers of gravity are points quite high in relation...

....-I. , and Kawahata , J.-I. , 1993 , “ Analysis of Piping With Hysteretic Supports Using Response Spectra ,” Nucl. Eng. Des. , 143 , pp. 187 – 199 . El Centro, Earthquake, S00E, 1940. 16 December 2002 04 June 2003 26 02 2004 reviews seismology damping nuclear...

...-dependent data pressure vessels earthquakes safety seismology liquefaction deformation Seismic design of high-pressure gas facilities such as towers and vessels had previously been carried out in accordance with MITI Notification 515 “Seismic Design Code for High-Pressure Gas...

... corrosion cracking earthquakes seismology pressure vessels fission reactor safety fission reactor materials Shaking table tests with three-dimensional piping models were conducted in order to clarify the effect of degradation on dynamic behavior and failure modes of piping systems...

... 21–26, 1996, of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS . Manuscript received by the PVP Division, May 18, 2001; revised manuscript received November 29, 2001. Editor: S. Y. Zamrik. 21 July 1996 18 May 2001 29 November 2001 pressure vessels seismology earthquakes...

... flow seismic waves seismology reviews earthquakes pressure vessels Buried pipelines were heavily damaged by strong earthquakes, such as Kanto 1923, San Fernando 1971, Haicheng 1975, Tang-shan 1976, Miyagiken-Oki 1978, Northridge 1994, and Kobe 1995, etc. Due to the importance of pipelines...