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Reinforced Concrete Tanks 4 Year Civil: Circular Tanks By: Abdel Hamid Zaghw

The document discusses the design of circular reinforced concrete tanks. It covers calculating the wall thickness, shear, and fixed-end moments. It also discusses determining the stiffness of walls and floors. Finally, it outlines the design considerations in the radial, tangential, and horizontal directions, including calculating reinforcement.

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Reinforced Concrete Tanks 4 Year Civil: Circular Tanks By: Abdel Hamid Zaghw

The document discusses the design of circular reinforced concrete tanks. It covers calculating the wall thickness, shear, and fixed-end moments. It also discusses determining the stiffness of walls and floors. Finally, it outlines the design considerations in the radial, tangential, and horizontal directions, including calculating reinforcement.

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Reinforced Concrete Tanks

4th year Civil

Lecture 4
Circular Tanks
By: Abdel Hamid Zaghw
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Design in the vertical direction


Calculate wall thickness, FEM, and max shear

- Calculate H/R2
- From curve get C1,C2,C3
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Or get C1,C2,C3 from table

C2  H 2  H D tmax
tmax  C3  H R Qmax  Mf 
2 mt t
C1
t t m m m
t m m m3
cm m3 m m m m3
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Example
Calculate the wall thickness, fixed end moments and max wall shear for
the shown tank

Solution

H/R2=4/36 = .11
From Tables
C1 = 14.1 C2 = .757 C3=.473

tmax  C3  H R  .473 1 4  6  11.4 cm take tmax = 25cm

C2  H 2 .757 1 42
Qmax    6.056 t/m
2 2
 H D tmax 1 4 12  .25
Mf    .851 mt/m
C1 14.1
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Calculate floor FEM


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Calculate wall stiffness

H
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Calculate plate stiffness

Distribution Factors
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Example
Calculate the stiffness of the walls and floor of the shown circular tank
Fcu =25 N/mm2
Solution
1-Wall stiffness

From Table S = 0.736

Ec  .7  4400 25  15400 N/mm 2  15400 103 kN/m2  1.54 107 kN/m2


0.253
Stiff wall  0.736 1.54 10 
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 44270.5 kNm/m
2-Floor stiffness
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0.253
Stiff wall  0.104 1.54 10 
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 4170.8 kNm/m
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Final Radial and Tangential Bending Moments


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For Circular Elevated Tanks


Floor Shear Qr
wf r wf r
wf  r 2 wf r
Qr   2 2
2 r 2
Design of Sections
Radial Direction
Section Type M N
1 Water side Mf Qr (T)
2 Water side Mf Qmax (T)
3 Air side .2wfr2-Mf Qmax (T)

Tangential Direction
Section Type M N
2 Water side .1wfr2-Mt3 ---
3 Air side .2wfr2-Mf ---
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For Circular Tanks Resting on Soil or Underground

Design of Sections

Radial Direction
Section Type M N
1 Water side Mf γctH (C)
2 Water side Mf Qmax (T)
3 Air side .2wfr2-Mf Qmax (T)

Tangential Direction
Section Type M N
2 Water side .1wfr2-Mt3 ---
3 Air side .2wfr2-Mf ---
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Design in the Horizontal Direction


Calculate tav = (tmax + tmin)/2

Calculate H/D and H/tav

From Grays Tables get Co and C

Tmax  Co ( w H ) R
H

X /  CH
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Design in the Horizontal Direction


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Design of Wall in the Horizontal Direction

Find wall thickness t x at X /


If t x (mm)  0.6Tmax Increase thickness

Reinforcement Calculations

Tu  1.5Tmax

Tu
As 
fy
 cr
s
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Floor Reinforcement

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