• Title of article

    VariablefrictionpendulumsystemforseismicisolationofliquidstoragetanksOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    V.R.Panchal، نويسنده , , R.S.Jangid، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    12
  • From page
    1304
  • To page
    1315
  • Abstract
    Earthquakeresponseofliquidstoragesteeltanksisolatedwithvariablefrictionpendulumsystem(VFPS)isinvestigatedundernormalcomponentofsixrecordednear-faultgroundmotions.Thecontinuousliquidmassofthetankismodeledaslumpedmassesknownassloshingmass,impulsivemassandrigidmass.Thecorrespondingstiffnessconstantsassociatedwiththeselumpedmassesareworkedoutdependinguponthepropertiesofthetankwallandliquidmass.ThegoverningequationsofmotionofthetanksisolatedwithvariablefrictionpendulumsystemarederivedandsolvedbyNewmarkʹsstep-by-stepmethodassuminglinearvariationofaccelerationoversmalltimeinterval.InordertoverifytheeffectivenessoftheVFPSintanks,theseismicresponseoftanksisolatedwithVFPSiscomparedwiththatofthesametanksisolatedusingtheconventionalfrictionpendulumsystem(FPS).Furthermore,aparametricstudyisalsocarriedouttocriticallyexaminethebehaviouroftanksisolatedwithVFPS.Thevariousimportantparametersconsideredarethetankaspectratio,theisolationperiodandinitialtimeperiodoftheVFPS.Inaddition,theseismicresponseoftanksisolatedwithVFPSundertrigonometriccycloidalpulsesisalsoinvestigated.Fromtheseinvestigations,itisconcludedthatwiththeinstallationofVFPSintanks,theseismicresponseoftanksduringnear-faultgroundmotionscanbecontrolledwithinadesirablerange.Finally,itisalsoobservedthattheresponseoftanksisolatedwithVFPSunderthenear-faultgroundmotionsandtrigonometriccycloidalpulsesmatcheswellonlywhentheisolationperiodreacheshighvalues.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    895090