The major earthquakes that occurred worldwide in the last decades highlighted the seismic
vulnerability of industrial structures and their components. Beyond the need to avoid human …

Evidence from past earthquakes has shown high levels of damage to industrial facilities,
demonstrating that seismic loading can cause damage or failure, not only to the main …

The evaluation of seismic vulnerability of atmospheric above ground steel storage tanks is a
fundamental topic in the context of industrial safety. Depending on the shell portion affected …

Catastrophic failure of above ground storage tanks was observed due to past earthquakes
causing serious economic and environmental consequences. Therefore, the evaluation of …

Storage tanks are structures widely employed in various chemical and petroleum industries
for the storage of liquids and gases. These structures, which store flammable and explosive …

OIL AND GAS TRANSPORTATION LINE components are particularly vulnerable to natural
hazard events. Steel tanks are recognized as the most vulnerable equipment to seismic …

“Special risk” industrial plants can be highly vulnerable when subjected to natural
phenomena such as earthquakes, flooding and explosions. In this study we focused our …

This paper aims to comprehensively evaluate the performance of a series of ground motion
intensity measures (IMs) used in the seismic vulnerability assessment of steel storage tanks …

Seismic hazard represents one of the possible triggering causes for NaTech accidents in
refineries and production plants. The vulnerability of steel storage tanks was evaluated …

Catastrophic failure of the above ground steel storage tanks was observed during past
earthquakes, which caused serious economic and environmental consequences. Many of …