SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Structural Engineering

	Finite element modeling of drip shield and waste package

Engineers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) conduct a variety of structural analyses encompassing civil and mechanical structures and offer solutions in the following specialized areas:

• Seismic analysis of steel and reinforced concrete structures

  • Soil-structure interaction analysis

  • Nonlinear dynamic time history analysis

  • Evaluation of seismic performance

  • Development of fragility curves for different limit states

  • Nonlinear static (pushover) analysis

• Study of impact analysis of reinforced concrete walls

• Evaluation of coupled mechanisms in nuclear-waste containers (e.g., effect of stress corrosion cracking on mechanical failure of the system)

• Studies of nonlinear mechanical interaction between different alloy materials

SwRI engineers study the impact of a simulated aircraft crash on reinforced concrete shear wall.

SwRI conducts seismic fragility assessments of structural and mechanical systems for nuclear facilities to assess seismic risk. This figure shows fragility of a reinforced concrete shear wall.

For more information about the structural engineering capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Dr. Asadul Chowdhury at achowdhury@swri.org or (210) 522-5151.
 

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Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a multidisciplinary, independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 11 technical divisions.

September 29, 2008