Design of Hazardous Mechanical Structures, Systems and Components for Extreme Loads

This timely volume addresses the critical issue of safe design of mechanical structures, systems and components belonging to hazardous facilities, in order to withstand the effects of extreme loads. These extreme loads may be either man-made, such as design-basis accidents, aircraft crashes or malevolent vehicle intrusions, or due to natural disasters, such as earthquakes or tornadoes.

Hazardous facilities include the nuclear, petrochemical and biomedical industries. Detailed information on government regulations and industry standards is provided. The structures, distribution systems, and components addressed by this guide include those addressed by ASME and related standards, such as API, IBC, ASCE, and others.

Preface

Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Risk-Based and Risk-Informed Design Bases
Chapter 3 : Load Phenomena
Chapter 4 : Acceptance Criteria
Chapter 5 : Earthquake Design and Analysis
Chapter 6 : Natural Hazard Design and Analysis other than Earthquake
Chapter 7 : Blast Design and Analysis
Chapter 8 : High-Energy Systems Extreme Load Design and Analysis
Chapter 9 : Vibration Response of Fluid Distribution Systems
Chapter 10 : Seismic Evaluation of Buried Pipelines, Tunnels and Vaults
Chapter 11 : Quality Assurance and Control in Construction and Procurement of Safety-Related Structures, Systems and Components in Hazardous Facilities

Appendix A : A Comparison of Quality Assurance Systems: Basic Requirements Between ISO-9001-94 and ASME NQA-1-2-10CFR50 Appendix B
Appendix B : Nuclear Procurement Issues Committee Joint Audit Program
Appendix C : ASME Quality Assurance Committee Review of NQA-1 and ISO-9001
Appendix D : IAEA Review of ISO-9001 Quality Assurance for Nuclear Projects
Appendix E : Construction-Lessons Learned/Transition to Operations’ Practical Quality Assurance - A Better Approach to Nuclear Construction and Operations, 1989
Appendix F : Summary of a Typical Approach to a Graded Quality Assurance Program Manual
Index