Research Article

New Structural Seismic Isolation for Nuclear Containment Structures

Table 2

Distribution of the masses for SSIS-NC, CAMSBID-NC, and FB-NC structures.

Node elevation (m)SSIS-NCCAMSBID-NCFB-NC

−20.00Undergr. partm (−5)2.00E + 06
−16.00m (−4)6.83E + 05
−12.00m (−3)1.09E + 06
−8.00m (−3)1.22E + 06
−4.00m (−1)1.30E + 06
0.00Superstructurem (0)1.07E + 06Isolation layer1.07E + 06
5.182m (1)1.91E + 06m (1)1.91E + 06m (1)1.91E + 06
8.534m (2)1.39E + 06m (2)1.39E + 06m (2)1.39E + 06
11.89m (3)1.65E + 06m (3)1.65E + 06m (3)1.65E + 06
14.94m (4)1.26E + 06m (4)1.26E + 06m (4)1.26E + 06
17.98m (5)1.33E + 06m (5)1.33E + 06m (5)1.33E + 06
21.34m (6)2.09E + 06m (6)2.09E + 06m (6)2.09E + 06
28.04m (7)3.60E + 06m (7)3.60E + 06m (7)3.60E + 06
38.71m (8)2.84E + 06m (8)2.84E + 06m (8)2.84E + 06
41.76m (9)2.00E + 06m (9)2.00E + 06m (9)2.00E + 06
44.81m (10)2.01E + 06m (10)2.01E + 06m (10)2.01E + 06
52.43m (11)2.76E + 06m (11)2.76E + 06m (11)2.76E + 06
60.05m (12)2.76E + 06m (12)2.76E + 06m (12)2.76E + 06
65.84m (13)1.24E + 06m (13)1.24E + 06m (13)1.24E + 06
60.05m (12)2.76E + 06m (12)2.76E + 06m (12)2.76E + 06
65.84m (13)1.24E + 06M (13)1.24E + 06m (13)1.24E + 06
Total superstructure3.08E + 07Total superstructure3.08E + 07Total superstructure3.05E + 07
Total structure3.82E + 07Total structure3.19E + 07

The masses are in kg.