TY - BOOK AU - Xie, Wei-Chau AU - Ni, Shun-Hao AU - Liu, Wei AU - Jiang, Wei TI - Seismic risk analysis of nucler power plants SN - 9781107040465 U1 - 621.4835 XIE-W PY - 2019/// CY - United Kingdom PB - Cambridge Unviersity Press KW - Nuclear power plants--Earthquake effects KW - Nuclear power plants--Risk assessment KW - Nuclear power plants--Safety measures KW - Earthquake hazard analysis N1 - Seismic Risk Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants addresses the needs of graduate students in engineering, practicing engineers in industry, and regulators in government agencies, presenting the entire process of seismic risk analysis in a clear, logical, and concise manner. It offers a systematic and comprehensive introduction to seismic risk analysis of critical engineering structures focusing on nuclear power plants, with a balance between theory and applications, and includes the latest advances in research. It is suitable as a graduate-level textbook, for self-study, or as a reference book. Various aspects of seismic risk analysis - from seismic hazard, demand, and fragility analyses to seismic risk quantification, are discussed, with detailed step-by-step analysis of specific engineering examples. It presents a wide range of topics essential for understanding and performing seismic risk analysis, including engineering seismology, probability theory and random processes, digital signal processing, structural dynamics, random vibration, and engineering risk and reliability. ER -