Adrian Ghencea
Abstract – Both at the national and international level, the specialized literature
devotes many lines to the description of the various seismic calculation methods largely
applicable to buildings. Very few of these descriptions and references, however, are
applicable to earthquake analysis for the verification of steel or reinforced concrete
silos. The most advanced international seismic design standard EN 1998, presents
through its fourth part, principles of anti-seismic design of silos, emphasizing two
approaches: the approach in which the earthquake can be considered action and the
approach in which the earthquake can be considered in the calculation as an effect. The
article contributes with an alternative seismic calculation by effects in which the
calculation principles of SR EN 1998-4 will be followed.
Keywords – earthquake, Eurocode 8, seismic analysis, silo design
Pages: 192-201
DOI: 10.2478/ouacsce-2022-0021
