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Seismic fragility assessment on the post-mainshock damaged shield building considering aftershock duration and damage ratio

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BULLETIN OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
Volume -, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-022-01430-y

Keywords

AP1000 NPP; Seismic fragility; Mainshock-aftershock sequence; Mainshock-damage; Damage ratio

Funding

  1. Hefei Municipal Natural Science Foundation [2021028]
  2. National Natural Science of China [51508148]

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This study investigates the impact of aftershock duration on the seismic fragility of shield buildings using a three-dimensional finite element model, showing that longer duration aftershocks may worsen cumulative damage to already damaged structures, while initial damage levels significantly affect fragility curves.
In general, historical earthquake events have shown that a strong mainshock might trigger several aftershocks, which can cause additional damage and seismic risk to the structures. This work tries to investigate the aftershock duration on seismic fragility of the shield building in consideration of initial damage. For this purpose, a three-dimensional finite element model of shield building is established using a concrete damage plastic model. A series of mainshock-aftershock sequences with different durations are selected and scaled to match the target spectrum. A damage ratio of tensile damage is developed to evaluate the additional damage caused by mainshock and aftershocks. Aftershocks with three durations, namely, 20 s, 40 s, and 60 s, are used to study the effect of initial damage levels and aftershock durations on the accumulative damage and seismic fragility of the shield building. The results indicate that those aftershocks with longer durations may wreak more worse cumulative damage to the post-mainshock damaged structure and significantly affect the probability of exceedance. It is also indicated that the initial damage levels have a significant impact on the fragility curves of the shield building. This work can directly incorporate the influence of mainshock-damaged states into the fragility assessment for Nuclear Power Plant.

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