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Earthquake design of concrete water tanks

Earthquake design of concrete water tanks

Earthquake design of concrete water tanks

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Who can direct me to the most reliable standard for seismic forces on a cylindrical water tank, made of post tensioned concrete ?

I am using API 650 but this refers to welded steel tanks. Is it O.K.?

RE: Earthquake design of concrete water tanks

The seismic hydraulic forces calculated per Appendix E of API 650 should be applicable to any round tank.  Structural design of the tank to resist these forces will require some other code.

RE: Earthquake design of concrete water tanks

Give a look as well to the downloadable pdf

Simple Procedure for Seismic Analysis of Liquid-Storage Tanks
Praveen K. Malhotra, Senior Res. Scientist
Factory Mutual Research, Norwood, MA, USA
Thomas Wenk, Civil Eng.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Martin Wieland, Dr
Electrowatt Engineering Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland

A search in google will give site.

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