Evaluation of Seismic Design Forces of Elevated Water Tanks in Different Editions of Standard 2800 in Different Zones of Relative Hazard of Earthquake and Soil Types

Omidinasab, Fereydoon

doi:10.30478/jcsm.2022.347025.1274

Evaluation of Seismic Design Forces of Elevated Water Tanks in Different Editions of Standard 2800 in Different Zones of Relative Hazard of Earthquake and Soil Types

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Fereydoon Omidinasab

Associate Professor, Department of Engineering, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

10.30478/jcsm.2022.347025.1274

Abstract

Liquid storage tanks are one of the main components of vital arteries that should be able to continue their service during and even after the earthquake and maintain their uninterrupted usability. For this reason, seismic safety of liquid storage tanks is of considerable importance to ensure the water supply of earthquake-affected areas and fire extinguishing. Tanks of industrial liquids may also contain valuable liquids or employment that should not lose their contents during an earthquake. Elevated tanks are often used for water storage purposes and can be placed on prestressed concrete shafts, prestressed metal or concrete frames or stage of masonry. Most design standards use this conclusion and have higher seismic design performance for reservoirs compared to other buildings. In this study, the first to fourth editions of standard 2800 for elevated water tanks in four types of relative earthquake risk and four types of soil defined in the standard have been investigated and compared with the most ductile building in the relevant standard. In standard 2800 for aerial water tanks in the first to third editions, only one coefficient of behavior is presented, but in the fourth edition, two coefficients of behavior are considered. By examining the tanks and ductile buildings, their seismic design force was compared and while comparing these results, the differences between different edits of standard 2800 were investigated. The results showed that in standard 2800, in the first to third editions of standard 2800, for different soils and regions with relative earthquake risk, the seismic design force of elevated tanks is about 3 to 7 times more than the ductile buildings of the relevant edition. If in the fourth edition, this range has increased so that the seismic design force of elevated tanks is about 2.14 to 9.33 times more than the ductile buildings. Also, in the fourth edition of standard 2800, for reservoirs with behavior coefficients of 2 and 3, in soil type IV, for regions with different relative risks, there is no high bound (in long periods) and for tanks with behavior coefficient 2 and in soil type II, at low and moderate risk level of earthquake, there is no low bound (in long periods).

Keywords

Elevated Water Tanks

Design Spectrum

Standard 2800

Seismic Design Force

Subjects

Analysis and Design of Concrete Structures

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