American Society of Civil Engineers seismic design criteria for structures, systems, and components in nuclear facilities

ASCE/SEI 43-05 provides stringent design criteria for nuclear facilities. Due to the potential risk associated with nuclear hazards, it is desirable that nuclear facilities have a lower probability that structural damage will be caused by earthquake than do conventional facilities. The goal of this Standard is to ensure that nuclear facilities can withstand the effects of earthquake ground shaking with desired performance. This Standard will be of use to any designers or analysts involved in the design of new nuclear structures, systems, or components. Topics include: • Evaluation of Seismic Demand • Evaluation of Structural Capacity • Load Combinations and Acceptance Criteria for Structures • Ductile Detailing Requirements • Equipment and Distribution Systems • and Seismic Quality Provisions Providing design criteria that are more stringent than normal building codes, and rightly so, this Standard addresses ground shaking but not other earthquake effects as differential fault displacement and seismic slope instability. It uses the Target Performance Goal design approach of the US Department of Energy Natural Phenomena Hazard (NPH) Standards and is intended to be used with other applicable documents on structures, systems and components. The Standard includes information on earthquake ground motion, evaluation of seismic demand and structural capacity, load combinations and acceptance criteria for structures ad ductile detailing requirements, equipment and distributions systems, seismic quality provisions and special considerations and includes commentary. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Content: Standard -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Earthquake ground motion -- 3. Evaluation of seismic demand -- 4. Evaluation of structural capacity -- 5. Load combinations and acceptance criteria for structures -- 6. Ductile detailing requirements -- 7. Special considerations -- 8. Equipment and distribution systems -- 9. Seismic quality provisions -- App. A. Approximate methods for sliding and rocking of an unanchored rigid body -- App. B. Commentary on and examples of approximate methods for sliding and rocking of an unanchored rigid body -- Commentary -- C1. Introduction -- C2. Earthquake ground motion -- C3. Evaluation of seismic demand -- C4. Evaluation of structural capacity. Standard ASCE/SEI 43-05 provides stringent design criteria for nuclear facilities.