Engineering and Structural Mechanics
Examples of Analyses
Contact and Impact
- Pipe-to-pipe impact analysis
QuickTime movie ( 12.6 Mb)
- Transient response of automotive collapsible steering column
- Free drop impact analysis of shipping casks
Sloshing
- Sloshing response in waste storage tanks for fluid viscosity effects (see image below)
Sloshing response of a cylindrical liquid storage tank
subjected to seismic base excitation.
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full-size image)
- Sloshing response of module-type worm
tank
QuickTime movie ( 1.5 Mb)
Fluid-Structure Interaction
- Fluid-structure interaction analyses of reactor vessels subjected to in-vessel fuel-coolant interaction events
- Fluid-structure interaction analysis of a reactor subjected to seismic loadings
Seismic Isolation and Seismic Engineering
- Seismic response analyses of the base-isolated
building at Tohoku University
QuickTime Movie
(8.8 Mb)
- Structural and seismic analyses of VVER-type reactor structures, systems and components
- Uplift and rocking of a deformable body subjected to base excitation
- Vibrational testing and elasto-plastic analysis of piping response under seismic loads
Dynamic Testing
- Dynamic testing and modal analysis of large-scale reactor structures
- Investigation of structural damages/flaws by modal testing and analysis
Creep
- Creep response of steel vessels
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