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Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) has become an increasingly important element for energy sup-
plies and LNG terminals are planned and built to enable the import and export of LNG from
producers to consumers. The stability and tightness of the concrete outer tank has to be
guaranteed by an appropriate design also under cryogenic conditions. The industry relies to
DNV perfome a nonlinear finite element analyses to assess the structural integrity of the
concrete outer tank
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) has stability and tightness of the concrete To assess the structural integrity and
become an increasingly important outer tank has to be guaranteed by an liquid tightness of the concrete outer
element for energy supplies and LNG appropriate design also under tank, DNV can performe nonlinear
terminals are planned and built to cryogenic conditions. The relevant finite element (FE) analyses. The
enable the import and export of LNG codes provide a lot of formal analyses are based on a hypothetical
from producers to consumers. There regulations, but give no precise situation whereby the Thermal Corner
are concerns from the communities indications for analytical procedures Protection (TCP) system fails in case
near LNG terminals about the safety and criteria which have to be applied of leakage from the inner tank
and security of onshore LNG storage in the design. resulting in direct contact of LNG to
tanks under different loads. The Non-linear analysis the concrete outer tank.