Seismic Analysis of Rectangular Concrete Tanks by Considering Fluid and Tank Interaction

Subject Areas : Engineering

M Yazdanian ¹ , S.V Razavi ² , M Mashal ³

1 - Department of Civil Eengineering, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University
2 - Department of Civil Engineering, Jundi-Shapur University of Technology
3 - Department of Irigation Engineering, Aburaihan Campus, Tehran University

Received: 2016-03-23 Accepted : 2016-05-20 Published : 2016-06-30

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