water retaining structures

[oneintheeye]

what temperature of liquid is considered to be ok for standard designs. I am looking at BS8007 which states a temperature of approx 35 degree celcius. The equivilent Eurocode which we are now swithching to has a range of -20 to 200 degrees celcius. Why the massive disparity? 8007 is a dated (now withdrawn this year) code but still it seems a huge variation especially as there is little differnce in the amount of steekl provided (depending on cement type).

Any thoughts?

 

[JedClampett]

Here over the pond, it's very unlikely that we're going to store any water over 120 degrees F. (50 degrees Celsius) and that's digested sludge in Phoenix.
Why would you care about storing water at less than freezing and higher than boiling? Maybe in an industrial application?

 

[oneintheeye]

well I'm talking about liquids in general but i see your point. It seems a strange sudden jump from 35 degrees max to 200 max. But yes certain industrial applications do go over 50.

 

[JStephen]

A limitation like that in the code could be based on lack of experience with that application, rather than the application actually being objectionable. That is, if the body writing the code is not aware of any successful application over temperature X, they might very well limit the code to that temperature.