ACI 350.3 and ASCE 7-05
ACI 350.3 and ASCE 7-05
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Hi,
I am currently designing a concrete tank. Per 4.1 in ACI 350.3, "The walls of liquid-containing structures shall be designed for... dynamic forces in addition to the static pressures." I have already computed the convective, impulsive, and wall lateral forces due to seismic activity. According to the excerpt in ACI 350.3, I am to consider these lateral forces in addition to the static water pressure case. I understand that this static water pressure be considered as a fluid load F. In ASCE 7-05, there are no LRFD load combinations with both F and E, although there is an ASD combination with the two. Why is this? Should I consider this static fluid load as a live load instead?
Thanks
I am currently designing a concrete tank. Per 4.1 in ACI 350.3, "The walls of liquid-containing structures shall be designed for... dynamic forces in addition to the static pressures." I have already computed the convective, impulsive, and wall lateral forces due to seismic activity. According to the excerpt in ACI 350.3, I am to consider these lateral forces in addition to the static water pressure case. I understand that this static water pressure be considered as a fluid load F. In ASCE 7-05, there are no LRFD load combinations with both F and E, although there is an ASD combination with the two. Why is this? Should I consider this static fluid load as a live load instead?
Thanks






RE: ACI 350.3 and ASCE 7-05
Do not get caught short in tank designs. The forces are immense and relentless. And to add insult to injury, when they fail, they leak.