Influence of the vertical motion component on the plastic collapse of earthquake excited tanks
Abstract
Tanks damaged by earthquakes show different modes of buckling of the tank wall: diamond shaped buckles near the base, a bulge near the base or at a change of the wall thickness (”elephant footing”) and, rather rarely, buckles near the top (Banos & Clough 1985). In addition to these modes of quasi-static buckling dynamic instabilities may appear ( Chiba, Tani & Yamaki 1987 ) which are treatable by numerical methods as shown in ( Rammerstorfer & Auli 1986 ).
Fields of Study & Subjects
Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions
Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis
Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Pages
- 793–798
- Publication date
- 14 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter