On February 27, 2010, an earthquake off the coast of Chile registered a magnitude of 8.8, making it the largest in Chile since 1960. Between those two massive quakes, Chile enacted codes to improve the seismic resilience of structures. Because the Chilean codes are similar to codes in the United States, the performance of industrial facilities in Chile provided an unprecedented opportunity to study how heavy U.S. industrial facilities might perform during a large seismic event. In April 2010, the ASCE/SEI Chile Assessment Team undertook a mission to observe structures in the affected zone and to gather information that would be useful to the development of U.S. codes. One team concentrated on identifying strengths and weaknesses in the response of industrial structures. This volume contains the team's report on earthquake effects at the following facilities: CAP Acero Huachipato Steel Plant, including the coke plant, two blast furnaces, bar mills, a hot rolling mill, and a pier; ENAP Bio Bio Refinery, including process units, fin fan units, a wooden cooling tower, control buildings, and a tank farm; Abastible San Vicente Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Terminal, including two LPG spheres, an LPG tank, a pipe rack, and a pier; Santa Maria Power Station, a coal-fired plant under construction; and A base isolated pier at the Port of Coronel. This report also includes an analysis of anchor bolt performance at these facilities and overall recommendations of the assessment team. Nine appendixes of supporting documentation-including English translations of two Chilean standards-are available for download. For structural engineers, this report provides critical information for the development and implementation of seismic codes and standards, as well as for focusing retrofit efforts in heavy industrial facilities.

Anchorage Design in Petrochemical Facilities presents recommendations for the design, fabrication, and installation of anchorages into concrete for petrochemical facilities. This report will be useful to petrochemical or structural engineers, as well as by managers of companies operating petrochemical facilities. It will also be useful for structural engineers in other industries who anchor structural steel and equipment to concrete foundations and structures. |Anchorage Design in Petrochemical Facilities presents recommendations for the design, fabrication, and installation of anchorages into concrete for petrochemical facilities. This report will be useful to petrochemical or structural engineers, as well as by managers of companies operating petrochemical facilities. It will also be useful for structural engineers in other industries who anchor structural steel and equipment to concrete foundations and structures.|Sponsored by the Energy Division of ASCE Anchorage Design for Petrochemical and Other Industrial Facilities, Second Edition, serves as a source for uniformity in design, fabrication, and installation. This second edition evaluates the impacts of published reference data, research development, and code changes that have occurred since creation of the 2012 technical report. Topics include Petrochemical and other industrial facilities anchorage design methods for tension and shear transfer into concrete with reinforcement and other embedments; Summary of anchorage materials and properties; Current practices for fabrication and installation of anchorage; Recommendations for post-installed anchors; Comprehensive recommendations for cast-in-place anchor design, which are appropriate for use in petrochemical and other industrial facilities; and Recommended constructability and repair practices. This valuable resource will assist engineers with the responsibility for designing anchorage for equipment and structures, and operating company personnel responsible for establishing internal design, fabrication, and construction practices.