scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF SEISMIC DESIGN CODE FOR HIGH PRESSURE GAS FACILITIES

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-216
Author(s):  
Masatoshi IKEDA
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Seismic Design ◽  
Design Code ◽  
Seismic Design Code

Development of Seismic Design Code for High Pressure Gas Facilities in Japan

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heki Shibata ◽  
Kohei Suzuki ◽  
Masatoshi Ikeda
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Seismic Design ◽  
Design Code ◽  
Ground Failure ◽  
Gas Leakage ◽  
Design Practices ◽  
Seismic Design Code ◽  
Level 1 ◽  
Level 2

The Seismic Design Code for High Pressure Gas Facilities was established in 1982 in advance of those in other industrial fields, the only exception being that for nuclear power plants. In 1995, Hyogoken Nanbu earthquake caused approximately 6000 deaths and more than $1 billion (US) loss of property in the Kobe area, Japan. This unexpected disaster underlined the idea that industrial facilities should pay special consideration to damages including ground failure due to the liquefaction. Strong ground motions caused serious damage to urban structures in the area. Thus, the Seismic Design Code of the High Pressure Gas Facilities were improved to include two-step design assessments, that is, for Level 1 earthquakes (operating basis earthquake: a probable strong earthquake during the service life of the facilities), and Level 2 earthquakes (safety shutdown earthquake: a possible strongest earthquake with extremely low probability of occurrence). For Level 2 earthquakes, ground failure by possible liquefaction will be taken into account. For a Level 1 earthquake, the required seismic performance is that the system must remain safe without critical damage after the earthquake, including no gas leakage. For a Level 2 earthquake, the required seismic performance is that the system must remain safe without gas leakage. This means a certain non-elastic deformation without gas leakage may be allowed. The High Pressure Gas Safety Institute of Japan set up the Seismic Safety Promotion Committee to modify their code, in advance of other industries, and has continued to investigate more effective seismic design practices for more than 5 years. The final version of the guidelines has established design practices for the both Level 1 and Level 2 earthquakes. In this paper, the activities of the committee, their new design concepts and scope of applications are explained.

Developments of Seismic Design Code for High Pressure Gas Facilities in Japan

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heki Shibata ◽  
Kohei Suzuki ◽  
Masatoshi Ikeda
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Seismic Design ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Design Code ◽  
Seismic Safety ◽  
Ground Failure ◽  
Gas Leakage ◽  
Seismic Design Code ◽  
Level 1 ◽  
Level 2

The Seismic Design Code for High Pressure Gas Facilities was established in advance of other industrial fields in 1982. Only exception was that for nuclear power plants. In 1995, Hyogoken Nanbu earthquake brought approximately 6,000 deaths and more than 100,000 M$ loss or property in Kobe area, Japan. This unexpected serious event enforced us that industrial facilities should pay to special considerations of their damages including ground failure due to the liquefaction. Their strong ground motions brought serious damages to urban structures in the area. Thus, the Seismic Design Code of the High Pressure Gas Facilities were improved to include 2 step design assessments, that is, Level 1 earthquake (operating basisearthquake, the probable strong earthquake in the service life of the facilities), and Level 2 earthquake (safety shutdownearthquake, the possible strongest earthquake with extremely low probability of occurrence). For Level 2 earthquake, the ground failure by possible liquefaction shall be taken into account. In regard to Level 1 earthquake, the system must be remained safety without critical damage after the earthquake, in addition to no leakage of “gas”. In regard to Level 2 earthquake, the required seismic performance is that peventing systems must be remained without gas leakage, and stable. It means a certain non-elastic deformation without gas leakage may be allowed. The High Pressure Gas Safety Institute of Japan has set up the Seismic Safety Promotion Committee to modify their code in advance of other industries, and continue to investigate more reasonable seismic design practice for more than 5 years. Andthe final version of the guideline has been established for the design practices both in Level 1 and Level 2 earthquakes. This paper explains the activities of the committee, their new design concepts and scope of applications.

scholarly journals Loss assessment of building and content damages from potential earthquake risk in Seoul, Korea

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wooil Choi ◽  
Jae-Woo Park ◽  
Jinhwan Kim
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Design ◽  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Building Code ◽  
Earthquake Risk ◽  
Design Code ◽  
Loss Assessment ◽  
Damage State ◽  
Damage Functions ◽  
Seismic Design Code

Abstract. After the 2016 Gyeongju earthquake and the 2017 Pohang earthquake struck the Korean peninsula, securing financial stability for earthquake risk has become an important issue in Korea. Many domestic researchers are currently studying potential earthquake risk. However, empirical analysis and statistical approach are ambiguous in the case of Korea because no major earthquake has ever occurred on the Korean peninsula since Korean Meteorological Agency started monitoring earthquakes in 1978. This study focuses on evaluating possible losses due to earthquake risk in Seoul, the capital of Korea, by using catastrophe model methodology integrated with GIS (Geographic Information System). The building information such as structure and location is taken from the building registration database and the replacement cost for building is obtained from insurance information. As the seismic design code in KBC (Korea Building Code) is similar to the seismic design code of UBC (Uniform Building Code), the damage functions provided by HAZUS-MH are used to assess the damage state of each building in event of an earthquake. 12 earthquake scenarios are evaluated considering the distribution and characteristics of active fault zones in the Korean peninsula, and damages with loss amounts are calculated for each of the scenarios.

Seismic Proving Test of Eroded Piping: Status of Eroded Piping Component and System Test

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Namita ◽  
K. Suzuki ◽  
H. Abe ◽  
I. Ichihashi ◽  
M. Shiratori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Ultimate Strength ◽  
Seismic Design ◽  
Plastic Response ◽  
Design Code ◽  
Seismic Safety ◽  
Testing Program ◽  
Safety Margins ◽  
Seismic Design Code ◽  
Piping Systems

In FY 2000, a 3-year testing program of eroded piping was initiated with the following objectives: 1) to ascertain the seismic safety margins for eroded piping designed under the current seismic design code, 2) to clarify the elasto-plastic response and ultimate strength of eroded nuclear piping. A series of tests on eroded piping components and eroded piping systems was planned. In this paper, the results of those tests are presented and analyzed, focusing on the influence of the form and the number of thinned-wall portions on the fatigue life of the piping.

Seismic Proving Test of Eroded Piping: Program of Eroded Piping Tests

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Namita ◽  
K. Suzuki ◽  
H. Abe ◽  
I. Ichihashi ◽  
M. Shiratori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ultimate Strength ◽  
Seismic Design ◽  
Plastic Response ◽  
Design Code ◽  
Seismic Safety ◽  
Safety Margins ◽  
Seismic Design Code ◽  
Piping Systems

In 2000FY, a 3 year program of eroded piping tests was initiated with the following objectives: 1) to ascertain the seismic safety margins for eroded piping designed under the current seismic design code, 2) to clarify the elasto-plastic response and ultimate strength of eroded nuclear piping. It was intended to carry out a series of tests on eroded piping components and eroded piping systems. This paper is a report on the program of eroded piping tests.

scholarly journals Study on Optimization Seismic Design of Tall Building Structure

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Lei Yang
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Design ◽  
Optimization Design ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Building Structure ◽  
Design Code ◽  
Stage Design ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Seismic Design Code ◽  
Earthquake Performance ◽  
Property Losses

<p>The heavy casualties and property losses caused by the earthquake this huge disaster, making high-rise building seismic become the focus of attention. Our new building seismic design code (GB50011-2001) (hereinafter referred to as "Seismic Design Code”) continue to be used (GBJ-89) specification to determine the "three earthquake performance objectives, two-stage design step" seismic design, and made many important supplement and perfect. The new seismic design of buildings in terms of requirements for introducing means as constraints optimization design, optimization design closer to engineering practice.</p>

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