{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7160663757","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.114987","title":"A case-based evaluation of 3D site response at a nuclear facility in Taiwan","display_name":"A case-based evaluation of 3D site response at a nuclear facility in Taiwan","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-05-09","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7160663757","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.114987"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.114987","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.114987","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.114987","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S102681701","display_name":"Nuclear Engineering and Design","issn_l":"0029-5493","issn":["0029-5493","1872-759X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","jufo-3","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Nuclear Engineering and Design","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.114987","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5035672209","display_name":"Hsuan\u2010Chih Yang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-3408","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-3408"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I75430998","display_name":"National Ilan University","ror":"https://ror.org/01npf0s58","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I75430998"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hsuan-Chih Yang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Civil Engineering, National Ilan University, Ilan, Taiwan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Civil Engineering, National Ilan University, Ilan, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I75430998"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5066014552","display_name":"Shang\u2010Yi Hsu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7593-8891","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7593-8891"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1340108165","display_name":"National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering","ror":"https://ror.org/05dyx6314","country_code":"TW","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1340108165","https://openalex.org/I4210128167","https://openalex.org/I4210166867"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Shang-Yi Hsu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Earth Sciences and Geotechnical Engineering Division, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Earth Sciences and Geotechnical Engineering Division, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1340108165"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5035811796","display_name":"Hsin-Chen Chou","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16733864","display_name":"National Taiwan University","ror":"https://ror.org/05bqach95","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16733864"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Hsin-Chen Chou","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16733864"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5061368432","display_name":"On-Lei Annie Kwok","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16733864","display_name":"National Taiwan University","ror":"https://ror.org/05bqach95","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16733864"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"On-Lei Annie Kwok","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16733864"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5035811796"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16733864"],"apc_list":{"value":2710,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2710},"apc_paid":{"value":2710,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2710},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.26021976,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"455","issue":null,"first_page":"114987","last_page":"114987"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10160","display_name":"Seismic Performance and Analysis","score":0.8115000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2205","display_name":"Civil and Structural Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10160","display_name":"Seismic Performance and Analysis","score":0.8115000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2205","display_name":"Civil and Structural Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12233","display_name":"Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures","score":0.18569999933242798,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2205","display_name":"Civil and Structural Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11757","display_name":"Seismic Waves and Analysis","score":0.000699999975040555,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1908","display_name":"Geophysics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/19","display_name":"Earth and Planetary Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/soil-structure-interaction","display_name":"soil-structure interaction","score":0.9179999828338623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nuclear-power-plants","display_name":"nuclear power plants","score":0.6830000281333923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/deepsoil","display_name":"DEEPSOIL","score":0.8529999852180481},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/seismic-response-prediction","display_name":"seismic response prediction","score":0.5410000085830688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/earthquake-ground-motion","display_name":"earthquake ground motion","score":0.5770000219345093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ls-dyna","display_name":"LS-DYNA","score":0.5960000157356262},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/taiwan","display_name":"Taiwan","score":0.32499998807907104}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C116915560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83504","display_name":"Nuclear engineering","level":1,"score":0.4643999934196472},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780561860","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7531796","display_name":"Site selection","level":2,"score":0.45879998803138733},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.3790999948978424},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39432304","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188847","display_name":"Environmental science","level":0,"score":0.3650999963283539},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175349315","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1938123","display_name":"Nuclear decommissioning","level":2,"score":0.36390000581741333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77595967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3151013","display_name":"Forensic engineering","level":1,"score":0.32690000534057617},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C513653683","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12739","display_name":"Nuclear power","level":2,"score":0.3199000060558319},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C147176958","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77590","display_name":"Civil engineering","level":1,"score":0.2856999933719635},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2988428720","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12739","display_name":"Nuclear industry","level":2,"score":0.27900001406669617},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C548081761","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180388","display_name":"Waste management","level":1,"score":0.25929999351501465},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C135581772","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1933427","display_name":"Mockup","level":2,"score":0.25279998779296875}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.114987","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.114987","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.114987","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S102681701","display_name":"Nuclear Engineering and Design","issn_l":"0029-5493","issn":["0029-5493","1872-759X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","jufo-3","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Nuclear Engineering and Design","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.114987","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.114987","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.114987","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S102681701","display_name":"Nuclear Engineering and Design","issn_l":"0029-5493","issn":["0029-5493","1872-759X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","jufo-3","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Nuclear Engineering and Design","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"score":0.4162158668041229,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/13","display_name":"Climate action"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":20,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2006317594","https://openalex.org/W2022826866","https://openalex.org/W2084002792","https://openalex.org/W2179748641","https://openalex.org/W2344137129","https://openalex.org/W2784136921","https://openalex.org/W2890972584","https://openalex.org/W3031741622","https://openalex.org/W3168745528","https://openalex.org/W3196949461","https://openalex.org/W4366834479","https://openalex.org/W4367682490","https://openalex.org/W4396678150","https://openalex.org/W4396763174","https://openalex.org/W4396804268","https://openalex.org/W4400886859","https://openalex.org/W4401437250","https://openalex.org/W4404052005","https://openalex.org/W4412588022","https://openalex.org/W4416543293"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Research":[0],"on":[1,91,294],"site":[2,28,62,94,104],"response":[3,29,63,105,235,281,289,307],"and":[4,15,81,301],"soil-structure":[5],"interaction":[6],"of":[7,36,53,70,77,125,131,161,206,273,304],"critical":[8],"infrastructures":[9],"such":[10],"as":[11,117,196,198],"nuclear":[12],"power":[13],"plants":[14],"transportation":[16],"hubs":[17],"has":[18],"assumed":[19],"that":[20,148,244,265,278],"the":[21,38,43,50,68,75,159,162,171,186,203,215,232,238,245,254,279,283,295,299,310],"underlying":[22],"strata":[23],"are":[24,134,250,266],"horizontally":[25],"distributed.":[26],"Subsequent":[27],"simulations":[30],"have":[31],"inherited":[32],"this":[33,85,168],"assumption,":[34],"regardless":[35],"whether":[37],"analysis":[39,64,106,142,208,284,290],"is":[40],"conducted":[41,260],"in":[42,111,155,167,209,223,286],"frequency":[44,180],"or":[45],"time":[46],"domain.":[47],"In":[48,84,213],"reality,":[49],"natural":[51],"status":[52],"soil":[54,71,79],"layers":[55,80],"rarely":[56],"follows":[57],"1D":[58,172,207],"assumptions.":[59],"Hence,":[60],"conventional":[61,126],"typically":[65],"accounts":[66],"for":[67,73,312],"variation":[69],"material":[72],"evaluating":[74],"influence":[76],"different":[78,274],"geological":[82,211],"conditions.":[83],"study,":[86,170],"a":[87,178,227],"3D":[88,103,132,216,248,258,287,305],"model":[89],"based":[90],"an":[92],"actual":[93,233],"with":[95,123,231,253],"comprehensive":[96],"geotechnical":[97],"data":[98],"was":[99,174],"constructed":[100],"to":[101,176,182,268],"conduct":[102],"(SRA).":[107],"Simulations":[108],"were":[109,121,193],"performed":[110],"LS-DYNA":[112,262],"using":[113,261],"several":[114,224],"earthquake":[115],"recordings":[116],"input.":[118],"The":[119,129],"results":[120,130,201,246,264],"compared":[122],"those":[124,138],"DEEPSOIL":[127,141],"analysis.":[128],"SRA":[133,249,259],"significantly":[135,219,292],"lower":[136,220],"than":[137,185],"obtained":[139],"from":[140,247],"at":[143,237],"corresponding":[144],"borehole":[145],"locations,":[146],"indicating":[147,309],"non-horizontal":[149],"subsurface":[150],"conditions":[151],"produce":[152],"noticeable":[153],"differences":[154],"surface":[156,280],"response.":[157],"Within":[158],"scope":[160],"two":[163],"verifiable":[164],"events":[165,276],"analyzed":[166],"case":[169],"approach":[173,217],"observed":[175,255],"predict":[177],"predominant":[179],"up":[181],"104%":[183],"higher":[184],"recorded":[187,236],"data,":[188],"while":[189],"peak":[190],"PSa":[191],"values":[192],"overestimated":[194],"by":[195],"much":[197],"115%.":[199],"These":[200],"highlight":[202],"potential":[204],"discrepancy":[205],"complex":[210],"settings.":[212],"contrast,":[214],"exhibited":[218],"deviation":[221],"and,":[222],"instances,":[225],"achieved":[226],"near-perfect":[228],"prediction.":[229],"Comparison":[230,272],"seismic":[234,240,270,275],"site's":[239],"monitoring":[241],"stations":[242],"reveals":[243,277],"more":[251],"consistent":[252],"data.":[256],"Thus,":[257],"provides":[263],"closer":[267],"real-world":[269],"behavior.":[271],"across":[282],"domain":[285],"ground":[288,306],"varies":[291],"depending":[293],"location.":[296],"This":[297],"highlights":[298],"advantages":[300],"unique":[302],"features":[303],"analysis,":[308],"need":[311],"further":[313],"in-depth":[314],"research.":[315]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-09-26T08:19:03.415552","created_date":"2026-05-09T00:00:00"}