Engineering and Structural Mechanics

Examples of Analyses

Sloshing Response of a Cylindrical Liquid Storage Tank Subjected to Seismic Base Excitation. Click on image to view larger image.

Sloshing response in waste storage tanks for fluid viscosity effects (see Multimedia Section below)
Sloshing response of module-type worm tank

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 response analyses of the base-isolated building at Tohoku University (see Multimedia Section below)
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

Pipe-to-pipe impact analysis
Adaptive finite elements can be used to strategically capture the interaction region between two impacting bodies. Thus the computational power is focused on those parts of the mesh that undergo the most severe deformation.
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Sloshing response of module-type worm tank
Wave height simulation and pressure variations.
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Seismic response analyses of the base-isolated building at Tohoku University
Comparing the seismic response of two identical superstructures, one with a traditional foundation and the other with base isolation.
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