Reference number : GC-2017-Q1-00345, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Kianoush, Reza (Ryerson University), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for Universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : A great deal of effort has been made in the past in order to understand and numerically formulate the_x000D_
soil-structure interaction (SSI) effect. Of particular interest in this study is to appropriately analyze and design_x000D_
containment structures which are built underground that interact with the surrounding soil. This is of particular_x000D_
significance when small module reactors (SMR's) are hosted in a containment structure that is built_x000D_
underground. Any damage to the containment structure could have significant consequences on SMRs. In_x000D_
these structures, for functionality reasons, crack and leakage control is of prime design consideration. In the_x000D_
proposed study, it is required to determine as how the presence of the soil can affect the dynamic response of_x000D_
the containment structures. In this relation, a rationale method to determine the response modification factors in_x000D_
relation to above ground structures will need to be determined. In this investigation, the major issues are the_x000D_
development of cracks in the vulnerable regions of the containment due to different loading applications_x000D_
including seismic. The crack-leakage potential in in these structures needs to be considered. Current design_x000D_
codes and standards do not address this issue and it is left to design engineers to conservatively consider it in_x000D_
their design. This is an area that requires a detailed investigation. The main objective of this research is to_x000D_
investigate the dynamic behavior of underground concrete containment structures. The study will be carried out_x000D_
using a rigorous finite element (FE) method capable of including the effect of soil-structure interaction_x000D_
considering both geometric and material non-linearities in a three-dimensional (3D) domain. During the course_x000D_
of this study, an investigation will be carried out to determine how different soil types as defined in building_x000D_
codes affect the dynamic response of such structures., program purpose french : A great deal of effort has been made in the past in order to understand and numerically formulate the_x000D_
soil-structure interaction (SSI) effect. Of particular interest in this study is to appropriately analyze and design_x000D_
containment structures which are built underground that interact with the surrounding soil. This is of particular_x000D_
significance when small module reactors (SMR's) are hosted in a containment structure that is built_x000D_
underground. Any damage to the containment structure could have significant consequences on SMRs. In_x000D_
these structures, for functionality reasons, crack and leakage control is of prime design consideration. In the_x000D_
proposed study, it is required to determine as how the presence of the soil can affect the dynamic response of_x000D_
the containment structures. In this relation, a rationale method to determine the response modification factors in_x000D_
relation to above ground structures will need to be determined. In this investigation, the major issues are the_x000D_
development of cracks in the vulnerable regions of the containment due to different loading applications_x000D_
including seismic. The crack-leakage potential in in these structures needs to be considered. Current design_x000D_
codes and standards do not address this issue and it is left to design engineers to conservatively consider it in_x000D_
their design. This is an area that requires a detailed investigation. The main objective of this research is to_x000D_
investigate the dynamic behavior of underground concrete containment structures. The study will be carried out_x000D_
using a rigorous finite element (FE) method capable of including the effect of soil-structure interaction_x000D_
considering both geometric and material non-linearities in a three-dimensional (3D) domain. During the course_x000D_
of this study, an investigation will be carried out to determine how different soil types as defined in building_x000D_
codes affect the dynamic response of such structures., agreement title english : Response of Concrete Containment Structures Considering Soil-Structure Interaction Effects, agreement title french : Response of Concrete Containment Structures Considering Soil-Structure Interaction Effects, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-06-14, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year. (2017-2018 to 2018-2019), additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2018-2019), owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada