Study on Fundamental Frequencies of Cylindrical Storage Tanks Obtained from Codes and Finite Element Method

In the case of study on the seismic behavior of tanks, one of the most important subjects is selection of convective and impulsive frequencies for storage tanks. These two frequencies are defined by Housner. The major utility of these frequencies is for Rayleigh damping which is a must for time hist...

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Main Authors: Mohsen Yazdanian, Sadegh Ghasemi
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Language:English
Published: University of Tehran Press 2017-06-01
Series:Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal
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Online Access:https://ceij.ut.ac.ir/article_61823_ad2ea553daeab003fea332f5ab143d6a.pdf
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description In the case of study on the seismic behavior of tanks, one of the most important subjects is selection of convective and impulsive frequencies for storage tanks. These two frequencies are defined by Housner. The major utility of these frequencies is for Rayleigh damping which is a must for time history analysis. API 650, EUROCODE 8 have suggested some analytical solutions for finding convective and impulsive frequencies and other parameters. In addition, these frequencies can be obtained from modal analysis by finite element software. In current study, these frequencies are obtained using Finite Element (FE) software and performing modal analysis. In the next stage, these modes are compared with analytical methods from standards. To compare tanks with different (H/R) ratios, all these tanks are modeled with the same volume and weight. This study showed that there is a good agreement between convective frequencies extracted from Finite Element method and those from standards. Furthermore, an increase in liquid level led to a rise and dip in convective and impulsive frequencies, respectively. In addition, results show that a 1.47 times increase in the viscosity leads to a 17 percent decrease in the values of impulsive frequencies.
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spelling doaj.art-7e19b1e83ae64159a1720cb8e50b59ae2022-12-22T03:30:51ZengUniversity of Tehran PressCivil Engineering Infrastructures Journal2322-20932423-66912017-06-0150113514910.7508/ceij.2017.01.00861823Study on Fundamental Frequencies of Cylindrical Storage Tanks Obtained from Codes and Finite Element MethodMohsen Yazdanian0Sadegh Ghasemi1AhvazNISOCIn the case of study on the seismic behavior of tanks, one of the most important subjects is selection of convective and impulsive frequencies for storage tanks. These two frequencies are defined by Housner. The major utility of these frequencies is for Rayleigh damping which is a must for time history analysis. API 650, EUROCODE 8 have suggested some analytical solutions for finding convective and impulsive frequencies and other parameters. In addition, these frequencies can be obtained from modal analysis by finite element software. In current study, these frequencies are obtained using Finite Element (FE) software and performing modal analysis. In the next stage, these modes are compared with analytical methods from standards. To compare tanks with different (H/R) ratios, all these tanks are modeled with the same volume and weight. This study showed that there is a good agreement between convective frequencies extracted from Finite Element method and those from standards. Furthermore, an increase in liquid level led to a rise and dip in convective and impulsive frequencies, respectively. In addition, results show that a 1.47 times increase in the viscosity leads to a 17 percent decrease in the values of impulsive frequencies.https://ceij.ut.ac.ir/article_61823_ad2ea553daeab003fea332f5ab143d6a.pdfconvectivefinite elementfrequencyimpulsivetanks
spellingShingle Mohsen Yazdanian
Sadegh Ghasemi
Study on Fundamental Frequencies of Cylindrical Storage Tanks Obtained from Codes and Finite Element Method
Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal
convective
finite element
frequency
impulsive
tanks
title Study on Fundamental Frequencies of Cylindrical Storage Tanks Obtained from Codes and Finite Element Method
title_full Study on Fundamental Frequencies of Cylindrical Storage Tanks Obtained from Codes and Finite Element Method
title_fullStr Study on Fundamental Frequencies of Cylindrical Storage Tanks Obtained from Codes and Finite Element Method
title_full_unstemmed Study on Fundamental Frequencies of Cylindrical Storage Tanks Obtained from Codes and Finite Element Method
title_short Study on Fundamental Frequencies of Cylindrical Storage Tanks Obtained from Codes and Finite Element Method
title_sort study on fundamental frequencies of cylindrical storage tanks obtained from codes and finite element method
topic convective
finite element
frequency
impulsive
tanks
url https://ceij.ut.ac.ir/article_61823_ad2ea553daeab003fea332f5ab143d6a.pdf
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