Seismic vulnerability assessment of a case study anchored liquid storage tank by considering fixed and flexible base restraints

Kildashti, K; Mirzadeh, N; Samali, B

Seismic vulnerability assessment of a case study anchored liquid storage tank by considering fixed and flexible base restraints

Kildashti, K Mirzadeh, N Samali, B

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Citation:: Thin-Walled Structures, 2018, 123 pp. 382 - 394
Issue Date:: 2018-02-01

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dc.contributor.author	Kildashti, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Mirzadeh, N	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Samali, B https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3426-7745	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-02-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Thin-Walled Structures, 2018, 123 pp. 382 - 394	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0263-8231	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/132646
dc.description.abstract	© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Liquid storage tanks are among vital infrastructures, and their seismic vulnerability assessment plays a pivotal role in uninterrupted operation of an industrial plant. Technically, vulnerability notion relates capacity of each tank component's resistance to failure subjected to different seismic hazard levels. The predominant source of damage to liquid-containing tanks is steel shell buckling which can be intensified by base flexibility of fully anchored tanks. This flexibility is mainly resulted from anchor bolt failure and base concrete damage. In other words, the presence of anchors does not necessarily preclude anchorage failure or loss of concrete support, especially during large earthquake events. A case study on a liquid storage tank is introduced in this paper to highlight the influence of base flexibility on the seismic performance of fully anchored tanks. The tank is initially designed in accordance with the requirements of American Petroleum Institute, API-650. Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) is simulated by means of so-called added-mass approach. Two sets of finite element models are constructed, namely; fixed base (FB) and flexible base (FLB) tank. Nonlinear time history analysis based on a suite of twenty-two multi-directional spectrally matched acceleration time histories are conducted. Simultaneous input motions of two horizontal components are of particular importance as they shift the position of failure mechanism to directions being more affected by combined accelerations. Critical intensity measures (IMs) according to incremental dynamic analysis are then determined. Fragility curves are obtained by introducing conditional probability of failure as a function of critical IM. Results reveal that modelling base flexibility may contribute to lower value of critical IMs compared to that obtained from restrained support model. More specifically, FLB model demonstrates lower value of endurable peak ground acceleration (PGA) compared to the initial value selected for the tank design as per API requirements.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Thin-Walled Structures	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.tws.2017.11.041	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Civil Engineering	en_US
dc.title	Seismic vulnerability assessment of a case study anchored liquid storage tank by considering fixed and flexible base restraints	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	123	en_US
utslib.for	0905 Civil Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	0901 Aerospace Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	0913 Mechanical Engineering	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	123	en_US

Abstract:

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Liquid storage tanks are among vital infrastructures, and their seismic vulnerability assessment plays a pivotal role in uninterrupted operation of an industrial plant. Technically, vulnerability notion relates capacity of each tank component's resistance to failure subjected to different seismic hazard levels. The predominant source of damage to liquid-containing tanks is steel shell buckling which can be intensified by base flexibility of fully anchored tanks. This flexibility is mainly resulted from anchor bolt failure and base concrete damage. In other words, the presence of anchors does not necessarily preclude anchorage failure or loss of concrete support, especially during large earthquake events. A case study on a liquid storage tank is introduced in this paper to highlight the influence of base flexibility on the seismic performance of fully anchored tanks. The tank is initially designed in accordance with the requirements of American Petroleum Institute, API-650. Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) is simulated by means of so-called added-mass approach. Two sets of finite element models are constructed, namely; fixed base (FB) and flexible base (FLB) tank. Nonlinear time history analysis based on a suite of twenty-two multi-directional spectrally matched acceleration time histories are conducted. Simultaneous input motions of two horizontal components are of particular importance as they shift the position of failure mechanism to directions being more affected by combined accelerations. Critical intensity measures (IMs) according to incremental dynamic analysis are then determined. Fragility curves are obtained by introducing conditional probability of failure as a function of critical IM. Results reveal that modelling base flexibility may contribute to lower value of critical IMs compared to that obtained from restrained support model. More specifically, FLB model demonstrates lower value of endurable peak ground acceleration (PGA) compared to the initial value selected for the tank design as per API requirements.

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