Sliding and Rocking of Unanchored Components and Structures: Chapter 7.6 ASCE 4 Revision 2
Publication: Structures Congress 2011
Abstract
Section 7.6 of ASCE 4-Rev 2, Seismic Analysis of Safety-Related Nuclear Structures: Standard and Commentary, provides updated guidance for analysis of rocking and sliding of unanchored structures and components subjected to seismic load. This guidance includes provisions both for simplified approximate energy-based approaches, and for detailed probabilistic time history analysis using nonlinear methods. Factors to be applied to the analytical results are also provided to achieve demand estimates at the 80% non-exceedance probability level. The present paper surveys the published literature supporting these provisions. The results of available testing and analyses are compared to results produced by both simplified and probabilistic approaches. In addition, adequacy of the standard's provisions for analysis methods and factors is assessed. A comparison is made between the achieved level of conservatism and the standard's non- exceedance probability target.
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© 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Continuum mechanics
- Deformation (mechanics)
- Design (by type)
- Earthquake engineering
- Earthquake resistant structures
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering mechanics
- Geohazards
- Geotechnical engineering
- Landslides
- Mathematics
- Organizations
- Practice and Profession
- Probability
- Professional societies
- Sliding effects
- Solid mechanics
- Structural analysis
- Structural design
- Structural engineering
- Structural mechanics
- Structural members
- Structural safety
- Structural systems
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