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Gustavo Cortes

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Experimental Determination of the Capacity of Wall-to-Base Connections in Storage Tanks

Alain Nussbaumer, Gustavo Cortes, Eric Lattion

Earthquakes around the world have affected many unanchored tanks used for storage of gasoline. When these unanchored tanks are subjected to strong motion, the moment generated at the base, by the mass of liquid contained in the tank, will cause partial upl ...

Elsevier2011

Fatigue analysis of unanchored steel liquid storage tank shell-to-base connections during earthquake induced uplift

Alain Nussbaumer, Gary Scott Prinz, Gustavo Cortes

During severe seismic events the base of unanchored steel liquid-storage tanks can uplift, causing large inelastic rotation demands at the shell-to-base connections. With repeated cycles of uplift, these shell-to-base connections are susceptible to low-cyc ...

2012

Cyclic demand at the shell-bottom connection of unanchored steel tanks

Alain Nussbaumer, Gary Scott Prinz, Gustavo Cortes

Gasoline and other oil byproducts are commonly stored in steel tanks that rest on ground without any anchorage. Under strong motion, the impulsive mass of the contained liquid generates a moment about the base of the tank capable of causing partial uplift ...

2012