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Geotechnical Investigations for Water Tank Foundations, pre-AWWA-96
Ron- Thanks for the reply. We are not failing under gravity load alone, but gravity + wind. The wind loading is based on AWWA requirements of a 3-second gust of 90 mph, so we are restricted to code for that data. The tank itself will likely never see the full 90 mph, but since code requires...- Liadain76
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Geotechnical Investigations for Water Tank Foundations, pre-AWWA-96
My firm is currently analyzing a water tank's geometry & foundations, and are running into some insanely high working percentages for the leg and riser foundations. The water tank is a multi-column (12) design with a central riser, and we have recent ultimate soil bearing values for both. The...- Liadain76
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- Forum: Soil testing engineering
