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Title: Dynamics of solid-containing tanks

Abstract

Making use of a relatively simple, approximate but reliable method of analysis, a study is made of the responses to horizontal base shaking of vertical, circular cylindrical tanks that are filled with a uniform viscoelastic material. The method of analysis is described, and comprehensive numerical data are presented that elucidate the underlying response mechanisms and the effects and relative importance of the various parameters involved. In addition to the characteristics of the ground motion and a dimensionless measure of the tank wall flexibility relative to the contained medium, the parameters examined include the ratio of tank-height to tank-radius and the physical properties of the contained material. Both harmonic and earthquake-induced ground motions are considered. The response quantities investigated are the dynamic wall pressures, the critical forces in the tank wall, and the forces exerted on the foundation. Part A of the report deals with rigid tanks while the effects of tank wall flexibility are examined in Part B. A brief account is also given in the latter part of the interrelationship of the critical responses of solid-containing tanks and those induced in tanks storing a liquid of the same mass density.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
453784
Report Number(s):
BNL-52526
ON: DE97004152; TRN: 97:006805
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76CH00016
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jan 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; TANKS; MONITORING; STABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKES

Citation Formats

Veletsos, A S, Younan, A H, and Bandyopadhyay, K. Dynamics of solid-containing tanks. United States: N. p., 1997. Web. doi:10.2172/453784.
Veletsos, A S, Younan, A H, & Bandyopadhyay, K. Dynamics of solid-containing tanks. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/453784
Veletsos, A S, Younan, A H, and Bandyopadhyay, K. 1997. "Dynamics of solid-containing tanks". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/453784. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/453784.
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abstractNote = {Making use of a relatively simple, approximate but reliable method of analysis, a study is made of the responses to horizontal base shaking of vertical, circular cylindrical tanks that are filled with a uniform viscoelastic material. The method of analysis is described, and comprehensive numerical data are presented that elucidate the underlying response mechanisms and the effects and relative importance of the various parameters involved. In addition to the characteristics of the ground motion and a dimensionless measure of the tank wall flexibility relative to the contained medium, the parameters examined include the ratio of tank-height to tank-radius and the physical properties of the contained material. Both harmonic and earthquake-induced ground motions are considered. The response quantities investigated are the dynamic wall pressures, the critical forces in the tank wall, and the forces exerted on the foundation. Part A of the report deals with rigid tanks while the effects of tank wall flexibility are examined in Part B. A brief account is also given in the latter part of the interrelationship of the critical responses of solid-containing tanks and those induced in tanks storing a liquid of the same mass density.},
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year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1997},
month = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1997}
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