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Wind loads and wind-resistant behaviour of large cylindrical tanks in square-arrangement group. Part 2: CFD simulation and finite element analysis

  • Liu, Qing (Space Structures Research Center, Zhejiang University) ;
  • Zhao, Yang (Space Structures Research Center, Zhejiang University) ;
  • Cai, Shuqi (Space Structures Research Center, Zhejiang University) ;
  • Dong, Shilin (Space Structures Research Center, Zhejiang University)
  • Received : 2020.05.06
  • Accepted : 2020.12.18
  • Published : 2020.12.25
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Abstract

To investigate the structural behaviour of grouped tanks under wind loads, 2 problems need to be figured out, wind pressures on tank shells and critical loads of the shell under these pressure distribution patterns. Following the wind tunnel tests described in the companion paper, this paper firstly seeks to obtain wind loads on the external wall in a squarely-arranged cylindrical tank group by numerical simulation, considering various layouts. The outcomes demonstrate that the numerical method can provide similar results on wind pressures and better insights on grouping effects through extracted streamlines. Then, geometrically nonlinear analyses are performed using several selected potentially unfavourable wind pressure distributions. It is found that the critical load is controlled by limit point buckling when the tank is empty while excessive deformations when the tank is full. In particular, significant reductions of wind resistance are found on grouped full tanks compared to the isolated tank, considering both serviceability and ultimate limit state, which should receive special attention if the tank is expected to resist severe wind loads with the increase of liquid level.

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Acknowledgement

The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51778567 & 51378459).

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