Thermal buckling behavior of open cylindrical oil storage tanks under fire

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Batista Abreu, Jean C.; Godoy, Luis Augusto
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2013
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This paper reports the computational results of an investigation of oil storage tanks with the shape of an open cylindrical shell under thermal loads induced by fire. Interest in this problem has arisen as a consequence of a catastrophic fire that affected an oil storage facility in Puerto Rico in 2009 that caused the failure of 21 large tanks. To identify patterns of deformations that could be expected under various fire conditions, computer modeling has been carried out for one tank geometry. It is assumed that fire occurs outside the tank and induces an increasing temperature field affecting part of the external surface in the circumferential direction. The nonlinear shell response is modeled using finite elements under thermal loads and self-weight. The nonlinear behavior is computed to identify thermal buckling of the shell as a limit point. The response is initially computed for empty tanks, and the influence of various factors is investigated, including the liquid stored, a temperature gradient across the thickness, the circumferential zone affected by fire, and the shell thickness. The results for open tanks show that the location of large out-of-plane displacements attributable to thermal buckling coincides with the heated zone. The importance of thermal gradients in the thickness to the buckling load and mode are shown.
Fil: Batista Abreu, Jean C.. University Johns Hopkins; Estados Unidos
Fil: Godoy, Luis Augusto. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Damage
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Finite Element Modeling
Fire
Storage Tanks
Structural Failures
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spelling Thermal buckling behavior of open cylindrical oil storage tanks under fireBatista Abreu, Jean C.Godoy, Luis AugustoDamageAssessmentsFinite Element ModelingFireStorage TanksStructural Failureshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2This paper reports the computational results of an investigation of oil storage tanks with the shape of an open cylindrical shell under thermal loads induced by fire. Interest in this problem has arisen as a consequence of a catastrophic fire that affected an oil storage facility in Puerto Rico in 2009 that caused the failure of 21 large tanks. To identify patterns of deformations that could be expected under various fire conditions, computer modeling has been carried out for one tank geometry. It is assumed that fire occurs outside the tank and induces an increasing temperature field affecting part of the external surface in the circumferential direction. The nonlinear shell response is modeled using finite elements under thermal loads and self-weight. The nonlinear behavior is computed to identify thermal buckling of the shell as a limit point. The response is initially computed for empty tanks, and the influence of various factors is investigated, including the liquid stored, a temperature gradient across the thickness, the circumferential zone affected by fire, and the shell thickness. The results for open tanks show that the location of large out-of-plane displacements attributable to thermal buckling coincides with the heated zone. The importance of thermal gradients in the thickness to the buckling load and mode are shown.Fil: Batista Abreu, Jean C.. University Johns Hopkins; Estados UnidosFil: Godoy, Luis Augusto. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaAsce-amer Soc Civil Engineers2013-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/22745Batista Abreu, Jean C.; Godoy, Luis Augusto; Thermal buckling behavior of open cylindrical oil storage tanks under fire; Asce-amer Soc Civil Engineers; Journal Of Performance Of Constructed Facilities; 27; 1; 2-2013; 89-970887-3828CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000309info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29CF.1943-5509.0000309info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:07:08Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/22745instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:07:09.145CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Thermal buckling behavior of open cylindrical oil storage tanks under fire
title Thermal buckling behavior of open cylindrical oil storage tanks under fire
spellingShingle Thermal buckling behavior of open cylindrical oil storage tanks under fire
Batista Abreu, Jean C.
Damage
Assessments
Finite Element Modeling
Fire
Storage Tanks
Structural Failures
title_short Thermal buckling behavior of open cylindrical oil storage tanks under fire
title_full Thermal buckling behavior of open cylindrical oil storage tanks under fire
title_fullStr Thermal buckling behavior of open cylindrical oil storage tanks under fire
title_full_unstemmed Thermal buckling behavior of open cylindrical oil storage tanks under fire
title_sort Thermal buckling behavior of open cylindrical oil storage tanks under fire
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Batista Abreu, Jean C.
Godoy, Luis Augusto
author Batista Abreu, Jean C.
author_facet Batista Abreu, Jean C.
Godoy, Luis Augusto
author_role author
author2 Godoy, Luis Augusto
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Damage
Assessments
Finite Element Modeling
Fire
Storage Tanks
Structural Failures
topic Damage
Assessments
Finite Element Modeling
Fire
Storage Tanks
Structural Failures
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This paper reports the computational results of an investigation of oil storage tanks with the shape of an open cylindrical shell under thermal loads induced by fire. Interest in this problem has arisen as a consequence of a catastrophic fire that affected an oil storage facility in Puerto Rico in 2009 that caused the failure of 21 large tanks. To identify patterns of deformations that could be expected under various fire conditions, computer modeling has been carried out for one tank geometry. It is assumed that fire occurs outside the tank and induces an increasing temperature field affecting part of the external surface in the circumferential direction. The nonlinear shell response is modeled using finite elements under thermal loads and self-weight. The nonlinear behavior is computed to identify thermal buckling of the shell as a limit point. The response is initially computed for empty tanks, and the influence of various factors is investigated, including the liquid stored, a temperature gradient across the thickness, the circumferential zone affected by fire, and the shell thickness. The results for open tanks show that the location of large out-of-plane displacements attributable to thermal buckling coincides with the heated zone. The importance of thermal gradients in the thickness to the buckling load and mode are shown.
Fil: Batista Abreu, Jean C.. University Johns Hopkins; Estados Unidos
Fil: Godoy, Luis Augusto. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description This paper reports the computational results of an investigation of oil storage tanks with the shape of an open cylindrical shell under thermal loads induced by fire. Interest in this problem has arisen as a consequence of a catastrophic fire that affected an oil storage facility in Puerto Rico in 2009 that caused the failure of 21 large tanks. To identify patterns of deformations that could be expected under various fire conditions, computer modeling has been carried out for one tank geometry. It is assumed that fire occurs outside the tank and induces an increasing temperature field affecting part of the external surface in the circumferential direction. The nonlinear shell response is modeled using finite elements under thermal loads and self-weight. The nonlinear behavior is computed to identify thermal buckling of the shell as a limit point. The response is initially computed for empty tanks, and the influence of various factors is investigated, including the liquid stored, a temperature gradient across the thickness, the circumferential zone affected by fire, and the shell thickness. The results for open tanks show that the location of large out-of-plane displacements attributable to thermal buckling coincides with the heated zone. The importance of thermal gradients in the thickness to the buckling load and mode are shown.
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Batista Abreu, Jean C.; Godoy, Luis Augusto; Thermal buckling behavior of open cylindrical oil storage tanks under fire; Asce-amer Soc Civil Engineers; Journal Of Performance Of Constructed Facilities; 27; 1; 2-2013; 89-97
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