Abstract: The mechanism of the slip of a rectangular rigid body during free lift-off motion is investigated analytically and experimentally. Equations of motion of slipping rectangular rigid body during ...

Abstract: The rocking motion of the tanks is complex and not fully understood. Using model tanks that possess concentric rigid-doughnut-shaped bottom plates, this paper tries to clarify its fundamental ...

Abstract: At the event of severe earthquakes, the tank rocking response appears subsequent to the tank bulging response. A springmassrigid body combined model was proposed for analyzing the tank response and the required quantities ...

Abstract: The effective strength of “square‐and‐diagonal” double‐layer grids constructed by a bolted jointing system is derived in this paper; and is defined as the strength represented in terms of the stress resultants in a continuum ...

Abstract: This study proposes the use of a slice model consisting of a set of thin rectangular tanks for evaluating the masses of fluid contributing to the rocking motion of cylindrical tanks; the effective mass of fluid for rocking ...

Abstract: Square‐and‐diagonal double‐layer grids mean both “square‐on‐diagonal” and “diagonal‐on‐square” grids. When the grids are pin‐jointed, they may give rise to unstable higher‐order deformations corresponding to the unstable ...

Abstract: To protect flat-bottom cylindrical tanks against severe damage from uplift motion, accurate evaluation of accompanying fluid pressures is indispensable. This paper presents a mathematical solution ...

Abstract: Although uplift motion of flat-bottom cylindrical shell tanks has been considered to contribute toward various damages to the tanks, the mechanics were not fully understood. As well as uplift ...