Containment Structures: Risk, Safety and Reliability (eBook, ePUB)

Proceedings of the IABSE Henderson Colloquium
Redaktion: Simpson, Bryan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together contributions from some of the leading researchers and practising engineers in the field of silos and containment structures, and is derived from a specially invited colloquium on the subject. As well as case studies, it includes reviews dealing with safety and risk in design and operation of these structures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 1997
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040052686
• Artikelnr.: 72274666

Autorenporträt

Bryan Simpson

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Containment structures - an overview. Challenges for the
future in the design of bulk solids storage. Silos: evolution by failure.
Silo loads - numerical results. A concept for the classification of steel
containments due to safety considerations. Storage of cement and
cementitious materials. Criteria for storage systems for hazardous
substances. Containment of nuclear material - the perspective of the
structural engineer. Underground nuclear waste containments. Will
containment practice make perfect? Recent improvements in the safety and
reliability of above-ground LNG storage. Containment of explosions and
fires. The BP harding field-gravity base tank oil storage facility. Key
word index.