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Wind pressures and buckling of cylindrical steel tanks with a dome roof
AbstractAn experimental/computational strategy is used in this paper to evaluate the buckling behavior of steel tanks with a dome roof under exposure to wind. First, wind tunnel experiments using small scale rigid models were carried out, from which pressure distributions due to wind on the cylindrical part and on the roof were obtained. Second, a computational model of the structure (using the pressures obtained in the experiments) was used to evaluate buckling loads and modes and to study the imperfection sensitivity of the tanks. The computational tools used were bifurcation buckling analysis (eigenvalue analysis) and geometrical nonlinear analysis (step-by-step incremental analysis). Geometric imperfections and changes in the buckling results due to reductions in the thickness were also included in the study to investigate reductions in the buckling strength of the shell. For the geometries considered, the results show low imperfection sensitivity of the tanks and buckling loads associated with wind speeds 45% higher than those specified by the ASCE 7-02 standard.
Wind pressures and buckling of cylindrical steel tanks with a dome roof
AbstractAn experimental/computational strategy is used in this paper to evaluate the buckling behavior of steel tanks with a dome roof under exposure to wind. First, wind tunnel experiments using small scale rigid models were carried out, from which pressure distributions due to wind on the cylindrical part and on the roof were obtained. Second, a computational model of the structure (using the pressures obtained in the experiments) was used to evaluate buckling loads and modes and to study the imperfection sensitivity of the tanks. The computational tools used were bifurcation buckling analysis (eigenvalue analysis) and geometrical nonlinear analysis (step-by-step incremental analysis). Geometric imperfections and changes in the buckling results due to reductions in the thickness were also included in the study to investigate reductions in the buckling strength of the shell. For the geometries considered, the results show low imperfection sensitivity of the tanks and buckling loads associated with wind speeds 45% higher than those specified by the ASCE 7-02 standard.
Wind pressures and buckling of cylindrical steel tanks with a dome roof
Portela, G. (author) / Godoy, L.A. (author)
Journal of Constructional Steel Research ; 61 ; 808-824
2004-11-19
17 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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