Research Article

Seismic Fragility Analysis of Steel Liquid Storage Tanks Using Earthquake Ground Motions Recorded in Korea

Table 6

Failure probabilities to elastic buckling.

PGA ()0.10.120.140.160.180.200.220.24

Unstiffened tank0.1780.2510.3230.3910.4540.5120.5630.610
Ring-stiffened tank0.0790.1290.1860.2460.3070.3660.4230.476
Difference0.0990.1220.1370.1450.1470.1460.1400.134

PGA ()0.260.280.300.320.340.360.380.40

Unstiffened tank0.6510.6880.7210.7500.7750.7980.8180.836
Ring-stiffened tank0.5260.5710.6120.6500.6840.7150.7430.767
Difference0.1250.1170.1090.1000.0910.0830.0750.069