Design Reinforced Concrete Circular Water Tank

The tanks can be made in different shapes usually circular and rectangular shapes are mostly used.

Design reinforced concrete circular water tank.

The base of the circular water tank has a flexible joint. Use m20 concrete and fe415 steel. D diameter of tank in metres. The design depends on the location of tanks i e.

The height of water to be retained 3 8m. The tank rests on the ground. The design of reinforced concrete water tank is based on is 3370. Provide a diameter of 11 5m.

Circular tank example h 16 ft d 90 ft t 6 ft grade groundwater table fluid density inside tank 65 pcf f. The tanks can be made of reinforced concrete or even of steel. Where p water pressure on wall. Overhead on ground or underground water tanks.

A design example for a circular concrete tank pca design method cven 4830 4434 university of colorado boulder spring semester 2008 prepared by ben blackard. Aci 350 recommends the allowable stress in hoop tension for grade 60 4200 kg cm2 reinforcing steel as is 1400 kg cm2. Area of water tank volume height 400 4 100m 2. Aci 350 01 implies in its document that the maximum allowable stress for grade 60 4200 kg cm2 reinforcing steel is 2100 kg cm2 0 5fy.

The wall of the tank is designed for hoop tension. 2009 parts i iv. Formula for hoop tension ht the formula for calculating hoop tension is ht pd 2 equation 1. Some important theory for circular water tanks.