Saeed Azimi

Experience

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  Design Group Partnership (DGP)

  Apr 1986 - Sept 1988

  Senior Engineer
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  Nuclear Design Associates (NDA)

  Sept 1988 - Jan 1995

  Principal Engineer
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  Allott & Lomax Consulting Engineers

  Jan 1995 - Sept 1996

  Principal Engineer
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  Swiftcomp Services Ltd

  Jan 1996 - now

  Consulting Engineer

  Swiftcomp Services Limited (SSL) has undertaken several major projects, within the nuclear industry in support of the larger design organisations. This involves analysis, design and assessment of nuclear safety related structures and plant to withstand hazard and extreme loading such as seismic, temperature, wind, vibration, impact and blast load. SSL also has significant experience in walkdown screening and seismic evaluation techniques, fragility data development for various hazards and seismic Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) methods. SSL offers a consultancy service with expertise built up over many years.• Earthquake Engineering including the following aspects: - Interpretation and assessment of the dynamic characteristics of soil and rock including assessment of liquefaction potential - Site response studies - Soil-structure interaction analysis - Fluid-structure interaction analysis - Response spectrum analysis - Time-history analysis (including non-linear effects) - Generation of in-structure response spectra• Static, thermal, seismic, vibration, impact and blast analysis of complex structures• Code compliance checks: BS8110, BS5950, BS5400, BS2573, ACI 318/349, AISC, UBC, ASCE 4-98, ASCE/SEI 43-05, ASTM and Eurocode 8• Analysis software available and extensively used: NASTRAN and STAAD Pro (FEA programs) SHAKE, CLASSI, SASSI and FLUSH (SSI programs), SIMQKE (to synthesis time histories). Other software used include ANSYS, ABAQUS and DYNA3D• Preparation and review of technical specifications, safety case reports and design substantiation reports• Independent Peer Review (IPR), Independent Technical Assessment (ITA), third party verification exercises and regulatory review related to civil, structural and plant design• Walkdown assessment of existing structures and equipment including use of experience database methods• Development of fragility data for various hazards for use in PSA and ALARP assessments and seismic PSA methods Show less