Nonlinear buckling of cylindrical steel silos with fabrication cracks

Large steel silos are typical kinds of thin-walled structures that are usually constructed with a vertical, circular form and are used as vessels for storing particulate granular solids in the industrial and agricultural sectors. In the present analyses, the buckling behaviours of circular steel silos with circumferential and meridional fabrication cracks are evaluated in accordance with Eurocodes EN1990, 1991, and 1993 [1–6]. A steel silo with...