Circular water with fixed base as per indian standard.

Circular water tank with fixed base

Design of circular water tank with fixed base open at top.

Design of water tank.

Problem:

Design a circular tank with fixed base for a given capacity in litres.

  1. Draw cross section of tank showing reinforcement details of dome, tank walls and floor slabs

  2. Draw plan of tank showing reinforcement details.

Design steps:

  1. Capacity of circular water tank ( V ) in liters.

  2. Depth of water ( h ) in m.

  3. Free board ( f ) in mm.

  4. Strength of concrete (ex : M20, M35)

  5. Strength of steek in (ex : Fe415, Fe-500)

IS: 3370 (Part II) Table 1, Clause 3.3.1 and IS: 456-2000, Clause B-2.1.1 and Table 21.

  1. Unit weight of water , γ = 9.8 kN/m3.

  2. Permissible tensile stress in concrete , σct

  3. Permissible stress in concrete , σcbc.

  4. Permissible tensile stress in steel , σst.

Permissible concrete tensile stress as per IS 3370-Part(2).
Permissible concrete compressive stress as per IS 3370-Part(2).
Permissible steel stress as per IS 3370-Part(2).

D = Diameter of water tank. This can be found out using following equation.

\[V = \frac{{\pi \times {D^2}}}{4} \times h\]

Diameter of water tank is found out using below equation.

\[D = \sqrt {\frac{{V \times 4}}{{\pi \times h}}}\]

Choose required diameter of water tank.


Total height tank = depth of the tank + Free board


H = h + f

Calculate modular ratio.

\[m = \frac{{280}}{{3 \times {\sigma _{cbc}}}}\]

Neutral axis depth factor.

\[n = \frac{{m \times {\sigma _{cbc}}}}{{m \times {\sigma _{cbc}} + \times {\sigma _{st}}}}\]

Lever arm.

\[j = 1 - \frac{n}{3}\]

Moment of resistance.

\[k = \frac{1}{2} \times {\sigma _{cbc}} \times j \times n\]

Cantilever action steel is provided in vertical direction.

Height of cantilever action above the base slab.

\[{h_{cantilever}} = \frac{H}{3}\]

Calculate cantilever moment.

\[{M_{cantilever}} = \frac{1}{2} \times \gamma \times H \times h \times \frac{h}{3}\]

Calculate balanced depth.

\[{d_{balance}} = \sqrt {\frac{M}{{k \times b}}}\]

Keep section sufficiently under reinforced.

\[{d_{sufficient}} = \frac{4}{3} \times {d_{balance}}\]

Provide minimum thickness of 150mm to avoid leakage.

Consider D = d + effective cover.

calculate area of steel

\[{A_{st}} = \frac{M}{{{\sigma _{st}} \times j \times d}}\]

Consider the bar diameter.

\[{S_v} = \frac{{As{t_{provided}}}}{{As{t_{required}}}} \times 1000\]

Provide diameter of bar at distance C/C.

Hoop reinforcement is provided in horizontal direction.

Maximum hoop tension is given by.

\[T = \gamma \times \left( {H - h} \right) \times \frac{D}{2}\]

Calculate area of steel for hoop stress.

\[{A_{sh}} = \left( {\frac{{T \times 1000}}{{{\sigma _{st}}}}} \right)\]

Consider the bar diameter.

\[{S_v} = \frac{{As{t_{provided}}}}{{As{t_{required}}}} \times 1000\]

Provide diameter of bar at distance C/C.

\[{A_{sh}}provided = \left( {\frac{{{A_{provided}} \times 1000}}{{{S_V}}}} \right)\]

Increase the spacing from h/3 to top of the tank.

Check for permissible tensile stress in concrete is within limits.

\[{\sigma _{ct}} = \frac{{T \times 1000}}{{1000 \times t + \left( {m - 1} \right) \times {A_{sh}}provided}}\]

Only minimum reinforcement is required.

\[{A_{st}} = 0.3\% \times {t_{wall}} \times 1000\]

Consider the bar diameter.

\[{S_v} = \frac{{As{t_{provided}}}}{{As{t_{required}}}} \times 1000\]

Provide diameter of bar at distance C/C.

The base slab is laid on 75mm thick lean conrete mix. Provide thickness of 150 mm or more to avoid leakage of water.

Provide minimum nominal reinforcement in both direction.

\[{A_{st}} = 0.3\% \times {t_{base}} \times 1000\]

Consider the bar diameter.

\[{S_v} = \frac{{As{t_{provided}}}}{{As{t_{required}}}} \times 1000\]

Provide diameter of bar at distance C/C.

Reinforcement details of sectional elevation and plan are shoen below.

Circular water tank sectional elevation reinforcement.
Circular water tank sectional plan reinforcement.



Indian standard code IS 3370-Part ( 2 ).

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