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103 Category 3: Industrial Buildings and Plants 3 Owner Shell General Contractor Fabricom Engineering Office Movares Nederland Construction Period 01/2016 - 12/2016 Based on the demands of the contractor we calculated several tanks. These tanks will store liquids in the harbour of Rotterdam. One of the tanks became, due to its maintenance, a bit of an ellipse. We determined the forces which were needed to make the tank circular again. In another case, we looked at the possibility of lifting the tank using a geometric non-linear calculation. During lifting, the bottom plate could be used as a membrane. In a third case, we looked at a tank that needed to be jacked to maintain the tank. This jacking system had to be placed at the site of the structure which is a very thin steel plate. As this type of tank is always made of very thin steel plates, a lot of effort is needed to make a precise model in order to get the right forces and stresses in the structure. The geometric non-linear analysis is one solution. In other cases, the aim is to get the real size of areas to distribute the acting force. Due to the thin plates used, it is difficult to see that the structure will withstand all the intended operations. Therefore, the use of the right software is necessary. Tank Recalculation - Rotterdam, Netherlands Movares Nederland Contact Arjen Steenbrink Address Daalseplein 100 Postbus 2855 3500 GW Utrecht, Netherlands Website www.movares.nl Movares is an engineering consultancy providing solutions in the fields of mobility, infrastructure, building and spatial planning. Usability, future value and sustainability play a major role in the designs we produce. We contribute to accessibility through our unique combination of expertise. Infrastructure is the backbone of development, both for society and the economy. Movares plays an active role throughout the entire consulting and engineering process. Our combination of knowledge, expertise and innovativeness is summed up in our motto: ‘Giving shape to mobility’.