Analysis and Study of Concrete Dike on Vulnerability Mitigation of Fuel Tanks against Explosions

Fuel storage tanks are among the most important structures present in refinery industrial complexes or power plants that might be exposed to military or non-military explosions. As a result, examining the methods of hardening these tanks in refineries can be of paramount importance. This article deals with the study of concrete dike to minimize the blast load exerted on these tanks and it was realized that dike with a thickness of 35 centimeters and a height of 5 meters and resistance of 35 mega-Pascal could withstand an explosion resulted from GP500 and be effective in reducing maximum pressure and impact. This article uses the Autodyn software for modeling and analysis.