Seismic resistant design of safety class structures and equipment

Some commonly encountered problems in the seismic resistant design of nuclear power plant facilities are discussed. The topics included here are ground input motions, local geology versus source mechanism and travel path, three components inputs, torsional responses, floor response spectra, seismic resistant design of heavy equipment, the application of component mode synthesis technique, seismic resistant design of piping systems, equipment qualification by testing, the effects of close modes, underground pipe design, and soil structure interaction.