1 Data

volume v 314 m3
height 4 m
unit weight of water gw 10 KN/m3
concrete grade fc 20 N/mm2
permissible tensile stress of steel fs 100 N/mm2
ft 1.2 N/mm2
fv 1.7 N/mm2
Es 200000 N/mm2
Solutions

2 Horizontal steel reinforcement design for tank wall (0.3H to 0.8H)

assume thickness of wall t 200 mm

Find Tank Dimensions V=pD2H/4
D=sqrt(4V/pH) 10 m
Find the value of H2/Dt 8
Find the coefficient for hoop tension from the table cmax 0.697
Calculate the maximum hoop tension
Tmax=coeff*gw*H*D/2 per meter height 139.4 KN/m
Find areas of steel reinforcement Ast 1394 mm2
Choose fmm bar & Ab from rebar table 12 mm
Ab 113.10 mm2
Find the spacing between horizontal steel reinforcement Ab mm2

Sreq=2000*Ab/Ast then find the actual area of reinforcement Aact<=300mm 162.3 160mm ok

Find the actual areas of steel reinforcement

Aact=2000*Ab/Sact 1413.7 mm2
Use f @ Sact c/c in two layers (start from 0.3H to 0.8H 12mm bar @ 160mm c/c
Check thickness of wall t by tensile stress of concrete
n=ES/EC (modular ratio) =ES/5000*sqr(fc) 8.9 8.94
ft=Tmax/((n-1) As act+1000t) 0.660 N/mm2 thickness is safe
Check thickness of wall t by shear stress of concrete fv for tank wall
fv=v/1000t=coeff*gw*H^2/1000*t
coeff 0.174
n 27.84 KN/m
fv=v/1000t 0.1392 N/mm2 thickness is safe
Find reinforcement ratio
%rmin=0.3-0.1*((t-100)/350) 0.271
 Find minimum areas of steel reinforcement
As min=%rmin*t*1000 542.86 mm2 ok
Horizontal Steel Reinforcement Design for Tank Walls (from O to0.3H, from
3 0.8H to H).
find coefficient c at 0.3H 0.324
Tmax=coeff*gw*H*D/2 per meter height 65 KN/m
Find areas of steel reinforcement Ast 648 mm2 ok
Choose fmm bar & Ab from rebar table 10 mm
Ab 78.5 mm2
Find the spacing between horizontal steel reinforcement Ab mm2

Sreq=2000*Ab/Ast then find the actual area of reinforcement Aact<=300mm 242.4 240mm ok

Find the actual areas of steel reinforcement

Aact=2000*Ab/Sact 654.5 mm2
Use f @ Sact c/c in two layers (start from 0.3H to 0.8H 10mm bar @ 240mm c/c

4 Design of Internal Vertical Steel Reinforcement for Tank Walls

Find the negative Bending Moment

max -ve BM coeff -0.0146
max -ve BM 9.34KN-m/m
Assume concrete cover 50mm
design Constants
r=fs/0.35fc 14.286
k=n/(n+r) 0.385
j=1-k/3 0.872
Rb=k*j*fc/2 1.175
Find the effective depth {d}=(2Mmax/fc*k*j*b)^0.5 89.19
Check Wall thickness t=d+c 139.19 ok
dreq=tass-cc 150.00

Find the Area of Internal Vertical Steel Reinforcement.Ast=BMmax/fs*j*dreq) 1201.9mm2

Choose f and Ab from Rebar Table. 14mm bar 153.9mm2

Find the Spacing between The Internal Vertical Steel Reinforcement

Sreq=2000*Ab/Ast then find the actual area of reinforcement Aact<=300mm 120mm ok

Find the Actual area of Internal vertical Steel Reinforcement

Aact=1000*Ab/Sact 2565.6mm2 ok
 Use f @ Sact mm c/c in one-layer, Internal Vertical Steel Reinforcement. 14mm bar @ 120mm c/c

5 Design of external Vertical Steel Reinforcement for Tank Walls

Find Positive negative Bending Moment

the max positive Coefficient 0.0038
max +ve BM 2.43KN-m/m
Find the Area of External Vertical Steel Reinforcement. 312.8mm2 not ok
As=Asmin 542.9mm2
Choose f and Ab from Rebar Table. 12mm bar 113.1mm2
Find the Spacing between The Internal Vertical Steel Reinforcement

Sreq=1000*Ab/Ast then find the actual area of reinforcement Aact<=300mm 200mm ok

Find the Actual area of Internal vertical Steel Reinforcement

Aact=1000*Ab/Sact 1131.0mm2 ok

Use f @ Sact mm c/c in one-layer, Internal Vertical Steel Reinforcement. 12mm bar @ 200mm c/c