TY  - JOUR
A1  - Butenweg, Christoph
A1  - Bursi, Oreste S.
A1  - Paolacci, Fabrizio
A1  - Marinković, Marko
A1  - Lanese, Igor
A1  - Nardin, Chiara
A1  - Quinci, Gianluca
ED  - Yang, J.
T1  - Seismic performance of an industrial multi-storey frame structure with process equipment subjected to shake table testing
JF  - Engineering Structures
N2  - Past earthquakes demonstrated the high vulnerability of industrial facilities equipped with complex process technologies leading to serious damage of process equipment and multiple and simultaneous release of hazardous substances. Nonetheless, current standards for seismic design of industrial facilities are considered inadequate to guarantee proper safety conditions against exceptional events entailing loss of containment and related consequences. On these premises, the SPIF project -Seismic Performance of Multi-Component Systems in Special Risk Industrial Facilities- was proposed within the framework of the European H2020 SERA funding scheme. In detail, the objective of the SPIF project is the investigation of the seismic behaviour of a representative industrial multi-storey frame structure equipped with complex process components by means of shaking table tests. Along this main vein and in a performance-based design perspective, the issues investigated in depth are the interaction between a primary moment resisting frame (MRF) steel structure and secondary process components that influence the performance of the whole system; and a proper check of floor spectra predictions. The evaluation of experimental data clearly shows a favourable performance of the MRF structure, some weaknesses of local details due to the interaction between floor crossbeams and process components and, finally, the overconservatism of current design standards w.r.t. floor spectra predictions.
KW  - Multi-storey
KW  - Frame structure
KW  - Earthquake
KW  - Tank
KW  - Piping
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.112681
SN  - 0141-0296
VL  - 243
IS  - 15
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -