Scribd
Upload
67 views19 pages

Reinforced Concrete Tanks 4 Year Civil: Under Ground Tanks and Tanks Resting On Soil By: Abdel Hamid Zaghw

The document discusses the design of underground concrete tanks and tanks resting on soil. Key points include: - Tanks on weak soils require deep foundations like piles for support. Lateral soil pressure on tank walls must be considered. - For tanks on rigid soils, the tank floor curves upwards due to moment M. Shear and slope are calculated using the conjugate beam method. - For tanks on medium soils, the length L of floor dimensions is assumed based on soil type. Stresses under the tank floor are checked. - Design steps include checking bearing capacity, calculating net stress, and designing for water and soil pressures with the tank full and empty. Uplift may require increasing weight or using piles

Uploaded by

Jumma Abualgasem
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
67 views19 pages

Reinforced Concrete Tanks 4 Year Civil: Under Ground Tanks and Tanks Resting On Soil By: Abdel Hamid Zaghw

The document discusses the design of underground concrete tanks and tanks resting on soil. Key points include: - Tanks on weak soils require deep foundations like piles for support. Lateral soil pressure on tank walls must be considered. - For tanks on rigid soils, the tank floor curves upwards due to moment M. Shear and slope are calculated using the conjugate beam method. - For tanks on medium soils, the length L of floor dimensions is assumed based on soil type. Stresses under the tank floor are checked. - Design steps include checking bearing capacity, calculating net stress, and designing for water and soil pressures with the tank full and empty. Uplift may require increasing weight or using piles

Uploaded by

Jumma Abualgasem
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Reinforced Concrete Tanks

4th year Civil

Lecture 3
Under Ground Tanks and Tanks Resting on Soil
By: Abdel Hamid Zaghw
2
Prof. Abdel Hamid Zaghw

Tanks on Weak Soils

firm stratum

• Deep foundation (piles) should be adopted


• The Tank is designed as an elevated tank supported on piles
• Supporting pressure under the tank is ignored in the design
• Lateral pressure of the soil on the tank walls is considered in the design
3

Prof. Abdel Hamid


Zaghw

Tanks on Rigid Soils


• Due to moment M the tank floor is curved
upwards.
• At point b both the moment and slope θ are
equal to zero.
• Using the conjugate beam method the slope θ
is the shear of the BMD divided by EI
1  wL2 2 1 ML 1 
   L   0
EI  8 3 2 2 3

wL3 ML M M
  L2  4 L2
24 6 w w
4

Prof. Abdel Hamid


Zaghw

Tanks on Medium Soils


• Assume L = 0.4 H for sandy soil
Assume L = 0.6 H for clayey soil

• For L to be adequate check the


stresses under the tank floor
 1  qallowable
2  0 for sandy soil

1
2  for clayey soil
2
5

Prof. Abdel Hamid


Zaghw

Design Steps Tanks Resting on soil


Step 1
Check the bearing capacity under the tank floor

If the bearing stress is unsafe increase floor


dimensions
6

Prof. Abdel Hamid


Zaghw

Design Steps Tanks Resting on soil Cont.


Step 2
Calculate the net stress under the tank floor
f net  f gross  direct load
7

Prof. Abdel Hamid


Zaghw

Design Steps Tanks Resting on soil Cont.

For case of unsymmetrical loading


Calculate the gross stress under the tank as follows

W  Total weight of tank including water

wwater = total weight of water only


8

Prof. Abdel Hamid


Zaghw

Design Steps Tanks Resting on soil Cont.


Step 3
Design the tank under the effect of the water pressure and
the net soil pressure

Vertical Direction Horizontal Direction


Notice that the normal force in the wall is due to
its own weight and not due to the floor reaction
as in the elevated tanks
9

Prof. Abdel Hamid


Zaghw

Example
10

Prof. Abdel Hamid


Zaghw

Solution
11

Prof. Abdel Hamid


Zaghw

Gross and Net Stresses


12

Prof. Abdel Hamid


Zaghw

Load Distribution

Final Moment and


normal force after
solving by moment
distribution

Notice that the normal force in the wall is due to


its own weight and not due to the floor reaction
as in the elevated tanks
13

Prof. Abdel Hamid


Zaghw

Load Distribution Final Moment and


normal force after
solving by moment
distribution
14

Prof. Abdel Hamid


Zaghw

Design Steps for Underground Tanks


Step 1
Check the bearing capacity under the tank floor

If the bearing stress is unsafe increase floor dimensions


Allowable bearing capacity = qall(net) + weight of removed soil +γwhw
15
Prof. Abdel Hamid Zaghw

Design Steps for Underground Tanks Cont.


Step 2
Check against uplift if water table exist

Water table can rise Water table reached its


maximum and cannot rise
above
16
Prof. Abdel Hamid Zaghw

If uplift is unsafe
Increase Gross Weight Use additional resisting
forces

(2) (3)
(1)

Protective
brick wall
PC
10cm PC
insulation
dowels

Use plain concrete footing of Use tension piles to resist the


Increase floor and
high depth. difference between the uplift
make use of the
The plain concrete footing and the gross weight.
additional soil weight
should be connected with the
in increasing the gross
tank floor with steel dowels.
weight.
17
Prof. Abdel Hamid Zaghw

Design Steps for Underground Tanks Cont.


Step 3
Calculate the net stress under the tank floor when the tank is full and
when it is empty
Empty Gross weight > Uplift Uplift > Empty Gross weight
No Tension Piles Tension Piles Used

=

18
Prof. Abdel Hamid Zaghw

Design Steps for Underground Tanks Cont.


Step 4
Design the tank under the effect of the water pressure and
the net soil pressure when the tank is full and empty.

Tank Full Tank Empty

Notice that:
The outer and inner layers of steel in both the horizontal and vertical
directions are calculated from the two tank conditions (full and empty)
19
Prof. Abdel Hamid Zaghw

Embedded Under Ground tanks

Loads on walls

You might also like