... Hysteresis loop of the trench sliding interface Total displacement history of ground motions in x and y directions 02 03 2011 20 10 2011 25 01 2012 25 01 2012 damping earthquake engineering machine bearings pendulums sliding friction structural...

... the effectiveness of the method, seismic response analysis is conducted using an actual earthquake ground motion records as the excitation. Furthermore, dynamic vibration absorbers that can be more easily tuned to the sloshing frequency are studied. damping earthquake engineering earthquakes roofs shock...

... on Nonlinear Response of Cylindrical Storage Tank Under Severe Earthquakes ,” Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering , pp. 1 – 8 . Sugiyama , A. , Setta , K. , Kawamoto , Y. , Hamada , K. , Morita , H. , Ito , T. , Ogo , H. , and Shirai , E...

...-of-plane bending may reduce significantly. 25 12 2007 27 05 2009 28 04 2010 28 04 2010 ageing bending earthquake engineering earthquakes failure (mechanical) pipelines vibrations wall thinning piping system shake table test failure modes seismic load...

... in Flexible Liquid Storage Tanks ,” Proceedings of the Fifth World Conference in Earthquake Engineering , Rome, Italy, Vol. 1 , pp. 630 – 639 . Haroun , M. A. , and Housner , G. W. , 1981 , “ Earthquake Response of Deformable Liquid Storage Tanks ,” ASME J. Appl. Mech. 0021-8936 , 48...

... of representing spacer yielding in the model is discussed. 14 12 2007 13 08 2008 26 06 2009 creep earthquake engineering fission reactor cooling fission reactor safety pipes 1 In a CANDU ® 6 reactor, feeder pipes are connected to the ends of each of the 380 fuel channels...

... of the structures, the first excursion probability can be shown to be independent of many parameters. 21 02 2008 28 11 2008 15 05 2009 earthquake engineering failure analysis hysteresis pipes plastic deformation pressure vessels probability reliability seismology structural...

... of nuclear power plants after a severe earthquake. energy balance fatigue failure seismic strength cracks earthquake engineering elasticity failure (mechanical) fatigue fracture reliability structural engineering 05 11 2007 22 09 2008 13 04 2009 Nuclear...

... earthquake engineering finite element analysis fracture toughness heat conduction pipelines plastic deformation steel stress-strain relations welds welded joint undermatched joint strength heterogeneity dynamic loading plastic deformation temperature rise thermal elastic-plastic analysis...

... − R p Ψ l ) sin   θ 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...

... Liquid Storage Tanks ,” US-Japan Seminar for Earthquake Engineering Research , Tokyo, Japan , pp. 317 – 341 . Veletsos , A. S. , and Yang , J. Y. , 1977 , “ Earthquake Response of Liquid Storage Tanks ,” Proceedings of the Second EMD Specialty Conference (ASCE) , Raleigh, NC, pp. 1...

... and swirls increase the rate of energy dissipation of the sloshing. 07 11 2006 26 04 2007 20 08 2008 damping earthquake engineering flow instability sloshing vortices water storage It is well known that sloshing in liquid storage vessels can be excited by the long periodic...

... with wall thinning less than 50% of wall thickness have sufficient margins against a seismic event of the safety shutdown earthquake. 09 02 2006 08 01 2007 17 01 2008 buckling design engineering earthquake engineering failure analysis fatigue cracks mechanical strength pipes...

... fluid-structure interaction potential theory long-period ground motion earthquake engineering elasticity plates (structures) roofs seismology sloshing tanks (containers) vibrations 09 05 2006 10 07 2006 Hatayama , K. , Zama , S. , Nishi , H. , Yamada...

... = 1 Phase 1 16 12 2005 05 07 2006 structural engineering earthquake engineering friction Monte Carlo methods x direction 7 x ̇ = 0 , x = const y direction 8 y ̇ = 0 , y = const Rotation 9 θ ̇ = 0...