It is resumed that 14 gas holders in Hansin district were shaked more than 300 gal acceleration at ground level by the Hyogo-ken Nanbu Earthquake. These holders had no damages, so the excellent earthquake resistance of helders were proved.
The reasons why no damages are according to the design tolerance and others as belows. (1) Holders have seismic countermeasures as swan neck. (2) Holders have steel structure near axial aymmetry and fine characteristic of stability, so have excellent earthquake resistance. (3) Foundation structures have enough earthquake resistance because annular, radial and cylindrical beams are adopted as parts of foundation. And foundation and supporting structures are connected firmly, so actual damping value is less than one used at design atage. (4) Actual value of parts are thicker and stronger than ones used at design stage. (5) All foundation of the holder aren't shaken uniformly because the phase of earthquake wave is slipped at each points of large foundation. (6) If the ground is liquefied, input ratio of wave from ground to foundation is reduced.
When we consider that the holders in Hansin district had been designed, manufactured and maintained by Recommended Practice for Spherical Gas Holder by Japan Gas Association (JGA), we confirm gas holders by this guideline have excellent earthquake resistance.
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