Structures for Nuclear Facilities Analysis, Design, and Construction /

• Main Author: Bangash, M.Y.H (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Continuum mechanics.; Structural mechanics.; Civil engineering.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Structural Mechanics.; Civil Engineering.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Building Construction.

This book provides a general introduction to the topic of buildings for resistance to the effects of abnormal loadings. The structural design requirements for nuclear facilities are very unique. In no other structural system are extreme loads such as tornadoes, missile and louds-interaction, earthqu...