文档介绍：Transactions of the 17th International Conference on Paper # K06-6
Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (SMiRT 17)
Prague, Czech Republic, August 17 –22, 2003
Concept of Performance Based Seismic Design Guideline Underground
Reinforced Concrete Structures in Nuclear Power Plants in Japan
Yukio Aoyagi1) , Tsutomu Kanazu2)
1), 2) Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Abiko Laboratory, Chiba, Japan
ABSTRACT
Japanese seismic safety assessment guidelines for important underground reinforced concrete structures were
substantially revised based on performance oriented design in May 2002. The paper introduces the outlines of the
historical background, basic concept, structural analytical methods, assessment procedures, example of assessment
and safety factors, which were incorporated in the guidelines. The decisive incentive of the wholesale revision was
the damages incurred by underground culvert-type reinforced concrete structures in the Great Kobe Earthquake in
January 1995. Two–box-type culvert models with a scale of 1: with respect to actual structures were
dynamically tested in a laminar sand box placed on a large shaking table. The dynamic structural analytical
methods were verified in light of the experimental evidences.
KEY WORDS: nuclear power plant, seismic design, seismic assessment, reinforc