A Study on the Sloshing Problem of Vertical Storage Tanks under the Action of Near-Fault Earthquakes

Table 2

Simulation and test wave heights (in millmeters).

Seismic wave	EI-Centro wave		JM wave		TCU wave		Pasadena wave
	“−”	“+”	“−”	“+”	“−”	“+”	“−”	“+”
Simulation wave height	39	51	32	28	59.6	50.5	76.1	76.3
Test wave height	46.9	47.1	27	27.3	38.8	59.17	50.6	64.5
Difference rate (%)	16.8	8.2	18.5	2.5	54	14.6	50.3	18.3

Note. “+” and “−“ correspond to the extreme peak and trough of wave height, respectively.