Shaking Table Testing of a Scaled Nuclear Power Plant Structure with Base Isolation

Figure 23

Time history of the top reactor plant relative to foundation. (a) Structure with isolations along the x-direction; (b) structure with isolations along the y-direction; (c) structure without isolations along the x-direction; (d) structure without isolations along the y-direction.

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