Seismic loading
Seismic loading
(OP)
Greetings from England
A specification document from American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gives seismic loading for proposed composite tanks as;
Aa = 0.2 and Av = 0.2
Can anyone give the units for Aa and Av
And the context in which they would be used.
Many thanks
Ed
Ed Clymer
Resinfab & Associates
England





RE: Seismic loading
RE: Seismic loading
If you undertaking a seismic evaluation of an FRP tank, I would suggest you go to ASME RTP-1 where the hard work has been done for you. Here you should be putting in your accelerations depending on the seismic contouring of the area the tank is going to be placed.
RE: Seismic loading