Post-earthquake utilities of liquid storage tanks do not need any over emphasis. Liquid
storage tanks used in public water distribution system provide water for firefighting and also …

A poor seismic design of liquid storage tanks may result in large economic losses or
environmental impacts due to the spillage of their contents; therefore, an effective seismic …

Many above-ground steel liquid storage tanks have suffered significant damages during
past earthquakes. Such failures are due to several causes. The most common one is …

Assessment of seismic vulnerability of industrial petrochemical and oil & gas piping systems
can be performed, beyond analytical tools, through experimental testing as well. Along this …

We investigated the use of numerical methods to predict liquid sloshing phenomena in a
moving tank and compared our results to model test measurements. The numerical …

In this article, a laboratory investigation on prestressed composite steel cylindrical tanks is
performed at different prestressing parameter values (coil span, thickness, and prestressing …

Cylindrical steel liquid storage tanks are important components of many process industries.
They are usually used to store toxic, flammable, and hazardous liquids. Hence damage to …

In the last decades, several major fire accidents involving storage tanks occurred,
particularly for the tanks with a low fuel level (large ullage height). In case of a tank fire, the …

Liquid storage tanks are very important components of civic, industrial, and agricultural
services. These civil structures are used in water supply facilities, firefighting systems, and …

Steel cylindrical tanks are vital structures for storing various types of liquid in industrial plants
or as a component in a water distributing system. As they sometimes are used to store toxic …