TY  - CHAP
A1  - Rajan, Sreelakshmy
A1  - Holtschoppen, B.
A1  - Dalguer, L. A.
A1  - Klinkel, S.
A1  - Butenweg, Christoph
ED  - Sas, P.
T1  - Seismic fragility analysis of a non-conventional reinforced concrete structure considering different uncertainties
T2  - Proceedings of ISMA2016, International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering/USD2016, International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics, / ISMA 2016, USD 2016
Y1  - 2016
SP  - 4213
EP  - 4225
PB  - KU Leuven
CY  - Leuven
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Rajan, Sreelakshmy
A1  - Kubalski, Thomas
A1  - Altay, Okyay
A1  - Dalguer, Luis A
A1  - Butenweg, Christoph
T1  - Multi-dimensional fragility analysis of a RC building with components using response surface method
T2  - 24th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Busan, Korea, 20-25 August, 2017
N2  - Conventional fragility curves describe the  vulnerability of the  main  structure under  external  hazards. However, in complex structures such as nuclear power plants, the safety or the risk depends also on the components associated with a system. The classical fault tree analysis gives an overall view of the failure and contains several subsystems to the main event, however, the interactions in the subsystems are not well  represented.  In  order  to  represent  the  interaction  of  the  components,  a  method  suggested  by Cimellaro et al. (2006) using multidimensional performance limit state functions to obtain the  system fragility curves is adopted. This approach gives the possibility of deriving the cumulative fragility taking into account the interaction of the response of different components. In this paper, this approach is used to evaluate seismic risk of a representative electrical building infrastructure, including the component, of a nuclear power plant. A simplified model of the structure, with nonlinear material behavior is employed for  the  analysis  in  Abaqus©. The  input  variables  considered  are  the  material parameters,  boundary conditions and the seismic input. The variability of the seismic input is obtained from selected ground motion time histories of  spectrum compatible  synthetic ccelerograms.  Unlike the  usual Monte  Carlo methods used for the probabilistic analysis of the structure, a computationally effective response surface method is used. This method reduces the computational effort of the calculations by reducing the required 
number of samples.
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 9781510856776
SP  - 3126
EP  - 3135
PB  - International Assn for Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (IASMiRT)
CY  - Raleigh, USA
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Butenweg, Christoph
A1  - Rajan, Sreelakshmy
T1  - Design and construction techniques of AAC masonry buildings in earthquakes regions
T2  - 10 years Xella research in Building Materials : Symposium on the 4th and 5th of September, Potsdam 2014
Y1  - 2014
ER  -