Analytical study on dynamic response of reinforced concrete structure with internal equipment subjected to projectile impact

Okuda, Yukihiko  ; Kang, Z.   ; Nishida, Akemi  ; Tsubota, Haruji; Li, Y. 

In case of projectile impact to reactor building of nuclear power plants, stress waves due to the projectile impact propagate from the impacted wall to the interior of the structure. It is an important issue to assess the dynamic response generated with projectile impact for safety related internal equipment because stress waves are likely to excite high-frequency vibrations of internal equipment in the reactor building. The OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) / NEA (Nuclear Energy Agency) launched the IRIS (Improving Robustness Assessment Methodologies for Structures Impacted by Projectiles) benchmark project in order to assess the dynamic response for nuclear facility by projectile impact and the third phase of IRIS (IRIS 3) contributes to the investigation on the dynamic response of reinforced concrete (RC) structure with internal equipment. We have participated in the IRIS 3 and have performed the calibration analysis for projectile impact test on the structure which models a reactor building and internal equipment. Specially, we have developed and validated a numerical approach to investigate impact response of the RC structure with internal equipment through the calibration correction. This paper presents partial simulation results from dynamic response of the RC structure with internal equipment and discusses the effect of supporting condition of the internal equipment and stress wave propagation.