• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.45-53
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• 2020

Analytical and experimental studies show that the dynamic behavior of liquid storage tanks is significantly influenced by the fluid-structure interaction (FSI). The effects of FSI must be rigorously considered for accurate earthquake analysis and seismic design of liquid storage tanks. In this study, a dynamic analysis of a rectangular liquid storage tank subjected to bi-directional earthquake ground motions is performed and its dynamic characteristics are examined, with the effects of FSI rigorously considered. Hydrodynamic pressure is evaluated using the finite-element approach with acoustic elements and applied to the structure. The responses of the rectangular tank subjected to bi-directional earthquake ground motions are thus obtained. It can be observed that the incident angle of bi-directional horizontal ground motions has significant effects on the dynamic responses of the considered system. Therefore, the characteristics of the system must be considered in its seismic design and performance evaluation.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.383-390
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• 2020

Since the dynamic behaviors of liquid storage tanks on flexible soil are significantly influenced by the fluid-structure-soil interaction (FSSI), its effects must be rigorously considered for accurate earthquake analysis and seismic design of the storage system. In this study, dynamic analysis is performed for a rectangular liquid storage tank on flexible soil, and its dynamic characteristics are examined by rigorously considering the effects of FSSI. The hydrodynamic force and the interaction force between the structure and soil are evaluated using the finite-element approach. In the evaluations, mid-point integrated finite elements and viscous dampers are considered for energy radiation into the infinite soil. The effective earthquake force is then obtained from free-field analysis. It is thus demonstrated that the earthquake responses of the rectangular liquid storage tank on flexible soil are significantly influenced by the FSSI.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.281-281
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• 2010

ITER 블랑켓 시험모듈(TBM)의 액체형 증식재 성능 시험용 루프의 설계를 완료하였고 현재시험용 루프를 제작 및 설치중이다. 액체형 증식재 성능 시험용 루프의 핵심 구성 부품인 액체 저장용 탱크, 전자석, EM 펌프들과 이들 장치들의 전원장치 및 제어장치를 제작 완료하였다. 액체형 증식재 성능 시험용 루프 설치를 위한 데크를 제작하였으며, 제작된 실험 데크의 총 지지하중은 10 톤 이상이다. 루프설치대 위에 성능 시험용 루프가 설치되며 루프 설치대는 $3\;m\;{\times}\;2.4\;m$ 의 직사각형으로 제작되었으며, 실험 종료 및 유지 보수 시 액체증식재의 drain을 고려하여 전체 루프는 각도 조절이 가능하도록 제작되었다. 루프내의 유량을 측정하기 위한 유량계, 전자석 자장의 변화에 따른 압력의 변화를 측정하기 위한 차압센서가 전자석의 양단에 설치되며, 시험용 루프에 흐르는 액체금속(PbLi) 및 루프관의 온도를 측정하기 위한 열전대가 설치된다. 루프 설치대를 기울였을 때 루프의 최상부에 액체금속 저장고 및 레벨센서를 설치하여 루프 내에 액체금속이 가득 채워졌는지를 레벨센서로 확인하며 루프 내에 잔존하는 기체가 저장고를 통하여 외부로 배출되게 하였다. 액체형 증식재 성능 시험용 루프 설치 후 실험은 고체 상태의 PbLi를 액체 저장용 탱크에 장착한 후 탱크의 열선의 온도 제어에 의한 PbLi의 용융점 확인, 시험용 루프에서의 전자펌프 성능 평가 등의 시험의 기본적인 실험을 수행한 후 자기장 환경에서 MHD 평가, 증식재의 순도 유지, 구조재의 부식 등의 시험을 수행할 예정이다.

• Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.209-214
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• 2000

Shaking table tests were performed to investigate dynamic behavior of a three dimensional flexible rectangular liquid storage tank. Response characteristics to the three components of translational motion and three component of rotational motion were studied. The aluminium tank was exposed to the shaking high enough to make it behave in nonlinear range. Only very limited amount of the data have been processed yet. Very interesting phenomena on the effects of non-symmetry have been observed and presented. Test results that show nonlinear behavior under the high intensity shaking are reported.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.203-209
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• 2022

A simplified method for earthquake response analysis of a rectangular liquid storage tank is proposed with fluid-structure interaction considered. In order to simplify the complex three-dimensional structural behavior of a rectangular liquid storage tank, it is assumed that structural deformation does not occur in the plane parallel to the direction in which the earthquake ground motion is applied but in the plane perpendicular to the direction. The structural deformation is approximated by combining the natural modes of the simple beam and the cantilever beam. The hydrodynamic pressure, the structure's mass and stiffness, and the hydrodynamic pressure's added mass are derived by applying the Rayleigh-Ritz method. The natural frequency, structural deformation, pressure, effective mode mass, and effective mode height of the rectangular liquid storage tank are obtained. The structural displacement, hydrodynamic pressure, base shear, and overturning moment are calculated. The seismic response analysis of an example rectangular liquid storage tank is performed using the proposed simplified approach, and its accuracy is verified by comparing the results with the reference solution by the finite element method. Existing seismic design codes based on the hydrodynamic pressure in rigid liquid storage tanks are observed to produce results with significant errors that cannot be ignored.