Steel Water Tank Seismic Anchorage
Steel Water Tank Seismic Anchorage
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I have designed a 80,000 gallon water steel tank and I need some guidance on how to the anchor the tank to a concrete slab. There will 12 equally spaced anchors around a 20'-6" diameter tank. Seismic forces govern the overturning moment. The max uplift force is about 7 kips. I was thinking of using angle clips with 1" diameter anchors (ASTM F1554 Grade 36). Can anyone guide me to a good rational method for designing the clip angle?





RE: Steel Water Tank Seismic Anchorage
https://shop.steel.org/p/186/steel-plate-engineeri...
Usually, the chairs would be designed and detailed by the tank fabricator as part of their shop drawings.
RE: Steel Water Tank Seismic Anchorage
http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/...
An older method is here:
https://www.scribd.com/doc/255157098/AISI-Anchor-C...
Also see the Pressure Vessel Handbook:
MJCronin
Sr. Process Engineer
RE: Steel Water Tank Seismic Anchorage