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EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED OVERTURNING MOMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 1994-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
CONT

In France, the containments are all made of prestressed concrete, which provides a quality and safety level higher than those encountered with reinforced concrete containments, especially in earthquake behavior - the prestressing forces must simultaneously oppose the tensile loads caused both by accident pressure and by earthquake-induced overturning moment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
CONT

En France, les enceintes de confinement sont toutes en béton précontraint [...] Les forces de précontrainte doivent en effet s'opposer simultanément aux tractions provenant d'une part de la pression d'accident et d'autre part du moment de renversement dû au séisme.

Spanish

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