Research Article

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Liquid Storage Tanks Isolated by Sliding-Based Systems

Table 1

Parameters of the QFPB model (taken from [21]).

Radius (m)Height (m)Coefficient of frictionDisplacement capacity (m)

R1 = 0.4572h1 = 0.03556μ1 = 0.12d1 = 0.0381
R2 = 0.2032h2 = 0.03048μ2 = 0.085d2 = 0.03302
R3 = 0.0508h3 = 0.02286μ3 = 0.015d3 = 0.01397
R4 = 0.0508h4 = 0.02286μ4 = 0.015d4 = 0.01397
R5 = 0.2032h5 = 0.03048μ5 = 0.035d5 = 0.03302
R6 = 0.4572h6 = 0.03556μ6 = 0.11d6 = 0.0381