Structures of domestic nuclear power plants are designed to perform elastic behavior against beyond design earthquakes, but studies on the non-linear behavior of structures have been insufficient since the beyond design earthquake. Accordingly, it was...
Structures of domestic nuclear power plants are designed to perform elastic behavior against beyond design earthquakes, but studies on the non-linear behavior of structures have been insufficient since the beyond design earthquake. Accordingly, it was judged that it would be necessary to develop an evaluation method that considers the non-linear behavioral characteristics to check the safety margin for the structure of a standard nuclear power plant. It was confirmed that the restoring force characteristics for each member level can be identified through the calculation formula, and the lateral stiffness for each story can also be easily calculated by JEAC 4601. In addition, as a result of applying the evaluation method of JEAC 4601 as a non-linear restoring force model of nuclear power plant, a certain degree of safety margin could be identified.