Seismic qualification of instruments and devices mounted on electrical cabinets in a nuclear power plant is performed in this study by means of the in-cabinet response spectrum (ICRS). A simple method and two rigorous methods are proposed in the EPRI NP-7146-SL guidelines for generating the ICRS. The simple method of EPRI can give unrealistic spectra that are excessively conservative in many cases. In the past, the time domain analysis (TDA) methods have been mostly used to analyze a structure. However, the TDA requires the generation of an artificial earthquake input motion compatible to the target response spectrum. The process of generating an artificial earthquake may involve a great deal of uncertainty. In addition, many time history analyses should be performed to increase the accuracy of the results. This study developed a numerical analysis program for generating the ICRS by frequency domain analysis (FDA) method. The developed program was validated by the numerical study. The ICRS calculated by FDA thoroughly matched with those obtained from TDA. This study then confirms that the method it proposes can simply and efficiently generate the ICRS compared to the time domain method.

In 2016, an earthquake occurred at Gyeongju, Korea. At the Wolsong site, the observed peak ground acceleration was lower than the operating basis earthquake (OBE) level of Wolsong nuclear power plant. However, the measured spectral acceleration value exceeded the spectral acceleration of the operating-basis earthquake (OBE) level in some sections of the response spectrum, resulting in a manual shutdown of the nuclear power plant. Analysis of the response spectra shape of the Gyeongju earthquake motion showed that the high-frequency components are stronger than the response spectra shape used in nuclear power plant design. Therefore, the seismic performance evaluation of structures and equipment of nuclear power plants should be made to reflect the characteristics of site-specific earthquakes. In general, the floor response spectrum shape at the installation site or the generalized response spectrum shape is used for the seismic performance evaluation of structures and equipment. In this study, a generalized response spectrum shape is proposed for seismic performance evaluation of structures and equipment for nuclear power plants. The proposed response spectrum shape reflects the characteristics of earthquake motion in Korea through earthquake hazard analysis, and it can be applied to structures and equipment at various locations.

대형 건축물의 진동과 같은 초저주파 진동특성의 해석을 수행하기 위해서는 측정대상 및 측정조건, 그리고 목적으로 하는 측정요소에 적합한 측정시스템이 구축되어야 하며, 구축된 측정시스템으로부터 얻어진 극히 제한된 유한량의 데이터로부터 목적하는 특성요소를 추출하기 위한 정밀한 데이터분석기술이 요구된다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 고신뢰성을 저주파진동 특성의 분석을 위한 효과적인 데이터처리기법의 개발을 목표로, 측정조건에 따른 저주파진동 해석의 문제점을 분석하고, FFT법과 MEM법의 저주파응답 특성을 비교하였으며, 비교결과를 토대로 저주파진동 해석에 적합한 알고리즘을 결정하였다. 또한, 결정된 분석 알고리즘의 성능을 명확히 하여 정밀분석을 위한 측정데이터의 최적조건을 제시하였다.