The sliding behavior of the cylindrical tanks was observed at past earthquakes. But there are few studies about the sliding behavior of tanks.
The objective of this study is to investigate the sliding behavior by the vibrational experiment using two types of the models without anchorage on the shaking table.
One is the rigid body model. The other is the elastic cylindrical tank model filled with water. These models are excited by increasing the exciting acceleration gradually until the sliding behavior is observed.
In the case of the rigid body model, the sliding is occured when the inertial force exceeds the Coulomb friction force. In the case of the elastic tank model, two kinds of the sliding patterns are observed. One is the parallel movement of the whole tank and the other is the rotation movement around the principle axis of the tank.
The parallel movement is observed when the inertial force exceeds the Coulomb friction force. This movement goes with the small rocking motion. The rotation movement is observed even though the inertial force is smaller than the Coulomb friction force. This movement goes with the large rocking motion. The results with a simplified rocking calculation model is compared with the test results, that is, the parallel movement and the rotation movement.
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