Abstract:Petrochemical facilities frequently have large equipment supported by equally large nonbuilding structures. Examples of stacked nonbuilding structures in petroleum refineries include coker structures, vacuum tower structures, and fluidized catalyst cracking reactor and regenerator structures. Some of these stacked nonbuilding structures have a supported structure with a fundamental period that is larger than the fundamental period of the supporting structure. Examples are provided that show that when the ratio… Show more
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