Keywords: Earthquake engineering, Seismic fluid-structure interaction, Verification and validation of numerical models, ALE, ICFD, Fluid-filled advanced reactors, ARPA-E Abstract: This report presents ...

The response of a nuclear installation’s structure during an earthquake depends on the characteristics of the ground motion, the surrounding soil and the structure itself. Soil– structure interaction ...

Researchers have developed a novel negative-stiffness isolation device that offers a pioneering solution for seismic protection. The device, designed to provide multidirectional negative stiffness and ...

Structural engineer Ron Klemencic got more than he asked for a few years back when he was called in by architect Solomon Cordwell Buenz on its One Rincon Hill condo project in San Francisco. Klemencic ...

Seismological research is directly related to the incubation, occurrence, and evolution of earthquakes. Scientists seek to reveal potential earthquake precursors by monitoring the stress state of ...

If the 6-ft, 4-in.-tall Mike Jones had only been a bit taller, he might not have become a veteran of Southern California infrastructure. “I needed another four to five inches,” says the former ...

Seismic wave data has revealed giant structures 2900 kilometres beneath the surface of Earth, at the boundary between Earth’s molten core and solid mantle. Analysing data from hundreds of major ...

Earthquakes occur when the tectonic plates of the Earth's crust shift, jolting past each other in a release of built-up ...

Seismic design, qualification, and risk assessment of liquid-filled advanced nuclear reactors will rely on verified and validated numerical models for seismic fluid-structure interaction (FSI) ...