In the first of a series of seismic shake-table tests to gauge the effects of major earthquakes and fire on a hospital’s non-structural components and systems, a five-story specimen and its contents ...

Many non-structural components in buildings such as furnishing, equipment, electrical and mechanical fixtures, architectural features (e.g., suspended ceilings), storage cabinets, shelves, and glass ...

Recent studies have shown that the seismic load case can substantially increase the overnight capital cost (OCC) of safety-class equipment in advanced nuclear power plants. Seismic isolation can ...

Keywords: ALE, LS-DYNA, earthquake-simulator tests, reactor vessels, reactor internals, seismic fluid-structure interaction, seismic isolation Abstract: This report describes physical and numerical ...

RESTRAINT: Inside Gripple’s Chicago manufacturing facility, precision-engineered cable restraint systems are crafted to meet rigorous seismic bracing standards. September 8, 2025 A new data center ...