Structural Design and Analysis of Aluminum Dome for Caofeidian Coal Storage

Abstract:

The upper part of Caofeidian coal storage was approximately hemispherical aluminum shell, covered with aluminum alloys plate. The capsule was made of aluminum alloys material, and its span was 125 meters. In the design, according to TEMCOR joint, we used the finite element software MIDAS to build the accurate geometry models and calculation models of aluminum alloys single layer latticed dome structures. By the combination of constant loads, live loads, snow load, wind load, temperature effect and other working conditions, we summarized the consumption of aluminum of the structures, and studied the structural internal force, structural deformation and structural stiffness. In addition, the X and Y two different direction seismic dynamic load was applied to the structure. The structural seismic performance under two kinds of modes were studied through the structure mode analysis of the vibration frequency. The vierendeel dome and single layer dome were controlled by the stability. ANSYS three-dimensional frame element model were set up, and the eigenvalue buckling analysis was carried out. By the geometrical nonlinear finite element method, combining with initial imperfections and material nonlinear, we found out the stability coefficient and the weak parts of the structure.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 710)
• Pages: 396-401
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.710.396
• Online since: September 2016
• Authors: Ze Chao Zhang, Hong Bo Liu, Xiao Dun Wang, Xiang Yu Yan, Jing Hai Yu, Zhi Hua Chen*
• Keywords: Aluminum Dome, Numerical Analysis, Stability, Structure Type

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