October 23, 1997

SEISMIC EVALUATION OF AN EXISTING REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDING

by:

Dr. Andrew Scanlon, Professor

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

The Pennsylvania State University

ABSTRACT

This presentation deals with a case study to evaluate the seismic capability of a large reinforced concrete structure that is part of a nuclear processing facility operated by the US Department of Energy. The evaluation included nonlinear finite element analysis of the structures under seismic input motions taking into account the effects of development lengths that do not meet current code standards. The analysis included a probabilistic evaluation to determine the annual probability of failure.