Advances in Safe Vehicular Water Tank Design

This study provides a framework for investigating the seismicresponse of an elevated steel water tank within a reinforcedconcrete chimney, to assist optimal tank placement and analysedifferent tank geometries. Elevated tank design procedures indifferent guidelines and codes are adequate for specific cases,none of which meets the exact requirements of this case study,in which the supporting structure mass is large relative to thestorage tank. The tank is located at an elevation 63 m belowthe mid-height of the 200 m chimney, resulting in a differentbehavior than a simple cantilever. Furthermore, for certainH/R ratios, coupling effects may exist between the fundamentalperiod of the chimney and that of the sloshing wave. An equivalentmodel is examined that is simple enough yet able to accuratelyproduce the design acceleration, dynamic amplification,damping and torsional effects at the chosen tank location, andto capture site effects. An analysis of the tank at ground level isconducted according to AWWA D100-11. Then, the tank at elevation63 m is analysed within the framework of three existingmethods using code spectra and site-specific spectra. A novelfourth method is then proposed which, contrary to the existingmethods, can accurately capture the conditions of this casestudy by combining the benefits of all methods. The workflowdescribed here can be readily applied to other cases of elevatedtanks for which the standard procedures are inadequate.

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Optimization of Water Tank Design and Location in Water Distribution Systems

Water Distribution Systems Analysis 2008 ◽

10.1061/41024(340)32 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

N. Basile ◽

M. Fuamba ◽

B. Barbeau

Keyword(s):

Distribution Systems ◽

Water Distribution ◽

Water Distribution Systems ◽

Water Tank ◽

Tank Design

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Probabilistic finite Element Thermal Analysis Applied to a Water Tank Design

International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research ◽

10.1615/interjfluidmechres.v31.i2.30 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 131-142 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Asad Salem ◽

Rama Subba Reddy Gorla

Keyword(s):

Thermal Analysis ◽

Finite Element ◽

Water Tank ◽

Tank Design

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The Safety and Economy of Toughness in AWWA Water Tank Design

Current Practices in Cold Regions Engineering ◽

10.1061/40836(210)23 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Brian L. Houston ◽

Mark J. Fillman

Keyword(s):

Water Tank ◽

Tank Design

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Dimensionless Stage-Discharge Relationship for a Non-Linear Water Reservoir: Theory and Experiments

Hydrology ◽

10.3390/hydrology7020023 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 23

Author(s):

Giorgio Baiamonte

Keyword(s):

Water Reservoir ◽

Design Procedure ◽

Water Tank ◽

Experimental Conditions ◽

Conservation Of Energy ◽

Suggested Approach ◽

Non Linear ◽

Tank Design ◽

Empirical Coefficients ◽

Relationship Of

In the field of hydrology, stage–discharge relationships are commonly used to estimate the discharge at the basin outlet or by experimental plots. Many experimental efforts have been made in order to derive stage–discharge relationships, according to the Buckingham theorem and dimensional analysis, for a multiplicity of gauge geometry. However, these relationships require experimental and physical meaningless numerical coefficients, thus they need extended calibration. The latter issue merits attention, since the empirical coefficients can be applied when the experimental conditions are strictly reproduced in the field. The aim of this paper is to derive a theoretically based stage–discharge relationship of a non-linear water reservoir that requires limited calibration, by using the continuity equation and the principle of conservation of energy. An analysis was performed using a rectangular water tank with a hole at the bottom. However, the suggested approach can be similarly used for tank geometries that differ from the example used in this study. Since the proposed approach is purely hydraulic, only limited calibration of the physical meaningful discharge coefficient characteristic of the hole is needed. A tank design procedure is suggested, and different theoretical and experimental applications of the proposed methodology are performed and discussed. For the considered cases, the mass water balance was also checked.

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