Design Recommendation for Storage Tanks and Their Supports (KETDB0002)

Design Recommendation for Storage Tanks and Their Supports with Emphasis on Seismic Design, CONTENTS:

1 General

1.1 Scope

1.2 Notations

2 Materials

2.1 Scope

2.2 Steels

2.3 Stainless Steels

2.4 Concrete

2.5 Aluminium Alloys

2.6 FRP

2.7 Timber

3 Design Loads

3.1 General

3.2 Dead Loads

3.3 Live Loads

3.4 Snow Loads

3.5 Wind Loads

3.6 Seismic Loads

3.7 Design of Cylindrical Metal Shell Wall Against Buckling

3.8 Earth Pressures

4 Water Tanks

4.1 Scope

4.2 Structural Design

4.3 Reinforced Concrete Water Tanks

4.4 Pre-stressed Concrete Water Tanks

4.5 Steel Water Tanks

4.6 Stainless Steel Water Tanks

4.7 Aluminium Alloy Water Tanks

4.8 FRP Water Tanks

4.9 Wooden Water Tanks

5 Silos

5.1 Scope

5.2 Structural Design

5.3 Reinforced Concrete Silos

5.4 Steel Silos

6 Seismic Design of Supporting Structures for Spherical Tanks

6.1 Scope

6.2 Physical Properties and Allowable Stresses

6.3 Seismic Design

7 Seismic Design of Above-ground, Vertical, Cylindrical Storage Tanks

7.1 Scope

7.2 Seismic Loads

7.3 Evaluation of Seismic Capacity

8 Seismic Design of Under-ground Storage Tanks

8.1 Scope

8.2 Seismic Design

8.3 Evaluation of Seismic Capacity

Appendix A Design and Calculation Examples

A1 Steel Water Tower Tanks

A2 Steel Silo

A3 Supporting Structures for Spherical Tanks

A4 Above-ground, Vertical, Cylindrical Storage Tanks

Appendix B Assessment of Seismic Designs for Under-ground Storage Tanks

Design Recommendation for Storage Tanks and Their Supports with Emphasis on Seismic Design