Research Papers
Standard Seismic Resistant Details For Industrial Tanks & Silos
K Crawford
The objectives of the report as derived from the brief are as follows:
- Provide an overview of the existing types of tankage and their typical hold down systems.
- Review the Current Practices of specifiers, designers and constructors within the industry.
- Review existing types of anchorages using details in current use.
- Provide analysis and design recommendations for seismic holding down for the practical use by designers of tankage.
- Present standard details for hold down of various types and sizes of tank.
- Provide a set of Specification Notes to accompany the standard details.
- Review the various methods of anchorage of tank fixings to concrete foundations and provide design recommendations for these.
- Provide a brief set of outline requirements able to be used by client/specifier of tankage and silos to cover seismic anchorage of tankage.
- Provide a set of references that would assist designers requiring further background information and source material.