The construction of coastal nuclear power plants (NPPs) on lithologically robust foundations is geographically limited, driving a shift toward inland non-rock sites. Ensuring seismic resilience of such sites has become critical for nuclear safety. Near coasts or rivers, groundwater table (GWT) fluctuations significantly influence soil-pore water distribution, thereby affecting soil seismic response and NPP performance. To analyze the influence of groundwater table on the seismic response of the nuclear power plant, this paper uses the saturated porous medium model and considers the interaction of the saturated soil and structure. The free field of the horizontally layered site of dry soil-saturated soil is obtained by the transfer matrix method, and combined with the transmission boundary, the wave input of soil-structure interaction (SSI) analysis is realized. Then, the partitioned parallel calculation method of SSI is used to analyse the saturated SSI. The soil, along with its groundwater, is characterized using the generalized saturated porous medium model. The simulation of the combined lumped-mass explicit finite element and transmission boundary is accomplished through a self-programmed FORTRAN code. On the other hand, the structural analysis is carried out using ANSYS, employing an implicit finite element approach. Taking a nuclear power plant as an example, the dynamic response of the soil-foundation-nuclear power plant system is analysed at five sites with different GWTs. In this case, the goal is an attempt to determine the effect of the depth of the GWT on the soil-foundation-nuclear power plant system under seismic action.
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