Abstract: Base anchorage forces for three empty, stiffened steel grain silos with conical roof shells are determined by finite element analysis for nonuniform wind loading. In general, the axial tensile forces govern for tall silos, ...

Abstract: Basic characteristics associated with snap‐through, bifurcation and post‐buckling behavior of structures are illuminated and clarified. This is accomplished by presenting and examining in detail exact closed‐form global ...