The 26th annual SMiRT Conference is currently taking place in Berlin and Potsdam, Germany, and Dynamis is proud to participate as one of the contributors to the papers that have been accepted. Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, better known as SMiRT, is an international conference that was started 50 years ago by Thomas Jaeger in Berlin. The conference was developed out of the challenges faced in developing nuclear power plants. Jaeger realized that extensive research revealed just how vital a role structural mechanics plays in the development of reactor technology, and hence, SMiRT 1 was born.
SMiRT 26, 50th anniversary
Now, 50 years later, over 460 engineers from all over the globe have gathered to share their wealth of knowledge in their collective effort to “drive innovation for safe, reliable and efficient nuclear energy in the face of the global energy transition,” says Jörg Aign, Conference Chair. According to Aign, the conference will “make a significant contribution to the safety and reliability of nuclear facilities all over the world. It will also help to build, advance and retain scientific-technical expertise and to support young engineers and researchers in the area of nuclear safety.”
Dynamis contributes to paper on SSI
As one of the few companies representing Spain, Dynamis is honored to be one of the contributors to the SMiRT 26 Conference taking place in Berlin the week of July 11-15, 2022. The paper, “Soil-structure-interaction sensitivity to earthquake level. Case of a deeply embedded nuclear building in soft soil,” uses the example of an Ultimate Safety Building at the Krško nuclear power plant, a project in which Dynamis participated. The paper describes how after seismic analyses were performed, it was found that the response of the building is mostly driven by soil-structure-interaction effects.
It is thanks to such conferences as SMiRT, that engineers and professionals can have access to the latest research and development advancements and technology in the nuclear industry today.
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