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Experimental and Numerical Study of Joint Persistence Effect on the Non-persistent Jointed Rock Mass’ Tension Failure Behavior
Tension failure is a common failure mode for jointed rock mass, with the rock bridge as the main body subjected to the tensile load. To reveal the jointed rock mass stability, the influence of joint persistenc...
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Seismic Fragility of a Typical Containment under Bidirectional Earthquake Excitations
Existing research to predict seismic fragility of Reinforced Concrete Containment (RCC) buildings does not take into account the impact of its inelastic bidirectional interaction arising from bidirectional hor...
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Amplification factors for design of nonstructural components considering the near-fault pulse-like ground motions
This manuscript investigates the amplification factors for the design of nonstructural components for the near-fault pulse-like ground motions. The amplification factors are computed for the primary structure ...
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Damage accumulation of a base-isolated RCC building under mainshock-aftershock seismic sequences
Strong aftershocks have the potential to induce greater structural damage for Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) structures. In order to ensure the safety and integrity of Reinforced Concrete Containment (RCC) building...