On November 1, 2022 at 11:30 AM Andrew Ruder will present his research on Empirical Fragility Functions and Numerical Parametric Study for Buckling of Steel Grain Bins Under High Wind Loads at WHIT 362 and over ZOOM (https://unl.zoom.us/j/93603328178?from=addon).
Due to several factors, rural areas are both more susceptible to damage and less resilient to natural disasters. Despite this, agricultural support structures, such as irrigation systems, storage bins and silos, and barns are not designed to the same standards as structures in urban and suburban areas, Due to their lightweight construction and large surface area, steel grain bins are especially susceptible to damage in high wind conditions. The goal of this thesis is to enhance current understanding of the performance of steel grain bins in high wind events by development of empirical fragility functions and conducting a numerical parametric study. The focus is on using data collected by field reconnaissance after a significant wind event to establish the maximum windspeed on a large sample of grain bins to determine the importance of several physical characteristics. It also seeks to provide a physics-based damage interpretation by a parametric numerical analysis to help better understand these observations and trends.
More details at: https://unl.zoom.us/j/93603328178?from=addon