Water Tower foundation design
Water Tower foundation design
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Problem: Rusty geotech skills 
Question: Looking for current state of the practice on analysis and evaluation of foundations for a water tower (ring foundation and/or raft)
Desired result of posting: Better understanding of most common and/or most effective approaches to this type of foundation analysis. Ideally, a worked example (that has been successful) or suggestions on where to go.
Thanx!
Question: Looking for current state of the practice on analysis and evaluation of foundations for a water tower (ring foundation and/or raft)
Desired result of posting: Better understanding of most common and/or most effective approaches to this type of foundation analysis. Ideally, a worked example (that has been successful) or suggestions on where to go.
Thanx!





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Thanx for the courtesy of a reply to my post. This helps to validate my approach and build a bit more confidence. I look forward to rejuvenating my geotech skills through the input of those more experienced than I.
RE: Water Tower foundation design
How deep should the borings be specified to conservatively evaluate foundation bearing pressure, differential settlement, lateral pressures and compaction requirements?
What tests beside blow counts are recommended?
Thanx,
larssun
RE: Water Tower foundation design
For clays, one way or another you need to establish the shear strength, for proper design of piles if any. The OCR ratio and limits are also required for proper assesment of the settlements.
And make your foundation as deep and wide as you can to avoid tilt problems from eccentrical P-Delta loading or iterated prevalent loading form wind.
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