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Seismic risk assessment of storage tanks in Turkish industrial facilities

Kasim A. Korkmaz, Ali Sari, Asuman I. Carhoglu

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Cilt: 24, Sayı: 4, 314-320, 2011/07

In 1999, two earthquakes in northwest Turkey caused heavy damage to a large number of industrial facilities. This region is the most industrialized in the country, and heavy damage has a significant economic influence. Industrial storage tanks, ruptured by earthquakes, exascerbate damage through the spread of fire. Storage tanks are uniquely structured, tall cylindrical vessels, some supported by relatively short reinforced concrete columns. The main aim of this study is to evaluate the earthquake performance of Turkish industrial facilities, especially storage tanks in terms of earthquake resistance. Modeling a typical storage tank of an industrial facility helps to understand the structure’s seismic response. A model tank structure was modelled as a solid with lumped mass and spring systems. Performance estimation was done with 40 different earthquake data through nonlinear time history analyses. After the time history analyses, fragility analyses produced probabilistic seismic assessment for the tank model. For the model structure, analysis results were evaluated and compared. In the study, vulnerability of storage tanks in Turkey was determined and the probabilistic risk was defined with the results of the analysis.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Industrial facilities; Storage tanks; Dynamic analysis; Time history analysis; Probabilistic seismic assessment

Elsevier Ltd.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2011.01.003

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