... of the wind pressure distribution is desired when performing a level 3 fitness for service assessment. API 579/ASME FFS-1 provides no direct guidance relating to the application of wind loading but refers to the American Society of Civil Engineers Standard ASCE/SEI 7. Other international codes relating...

... In the condition of the earthquake force and wind loads, there are many failure modes for the spherical tanks, such as the structure damage of the supports, uniform foundation settlement, displacement or upset, and the fracture of pipelines attached to the tank, etc. In this paper, more precise...

... 24 07 2009 Sloshing of a floating roof in an open-topped cylindrical liquid storage tank under wind loads is investigated analytically. Wind tunnel test in a turbulent boundary layer is carried out to measure the wind pressure distributing over the roof surface. The measured data...