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Seismic performance of a floating roof in an unanchored broad storage tank - experimental tests and numerical simulations
ID Caprinozzi, Stefano (Author), ID Paolacci, Fabrizio (Author), ID Bursi, Oreste (Author), ID Dolšek, Matjaž (Author)

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Abstract
Liquid steel storage tanks equipped with floating roofs are critical components of industrial facilities because they often store hazardous material. Major earthquakes have caused large vertical displacements of floating roofs. Consequently, roof failure and/or content loss has occurred, which has seriously endangered the surrounding environment and community. Therefore, research interest in this topic remains high, giving rise to experimental campaigns and investigatory studies concerning design and assessment approaches. The present paper aims to validate a simplified model (SM) using both a refined finite element (FE) model and experimental data. This model could later be used in the vulnerability and risk assessment framework based on numerous seismic analyses. The first part of the paper briefly introduces a shaking table test performed on a scaled steel storage tank equipped with a floating roof. This test provided useful experimental data about the vertical displacement histories of floating roofs subject to seismic loading. Subsequently, both a SM and a refined FE model aimed at simulating the shaking table test are introduced and described. Relevant experimental and numerical outcomes are then presented and discussed. Finally, in order to highlight the most relevant parameters involved, we performed a parametric study related to the SM. It is shown that both the refined FE model and the SM were capable of simulating the roof vertical displacement histories observed in the shaking table test. The former model has higher fidelity but appears to be excessively time-consuming, whilst the latter is more suitable for risk assessment purposes.

Language:English
Keywords:civil engineering, engineering structures, earthquake engineering
Work type:Article
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:FGG - Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
Year:2021
Number of pages:[19] f.
Numbering:letn. 105, Št. 103341
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-135493 This link opens in a new window
UDC:624.042.7
ISSN on article:0889-9746
DOI:10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2021.103341 This link opens in a new window
COBISS.SI-ID:91522307 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUL:16.03.2022
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Title:Journal of fluids and structures
Shortened title:J. fluids struct.
Publisher:Academic Press
ISSN:0889-9746
COBISS.SI-ID:6885637 This link opens in a new window

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Language:Slovenian
Keywords:gradbeništvo, gradbene konstrukcije, potresno inženirstvo

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