Seismic Analysis and Design of INTZE Type Water Tank (original) (raw)

Due to enormous need by the public, water has to be stored and supplied according to their needs. Water demand is not constant throughout the day. It fluctuates hour to hour. In order to supply constant amount of water, we need to store water. So to meet the public water demand, water tanks need to be constructed. They are grave elements in municipal water supply, firefighting systems and in many industrial amenities for storage of water. Intze type tank is commonly used overhead water tank in India. These tanks are designed as per IS: 3370 i.e. Code of practice for concrete structures for storage of liquids. BIS implemented the revised version of IS 3370 (part 1& 2) after a long time from its 1965 version in year 2009. Presently large number of overhead water tanks is used to distribute the water for public utility. Most of the water tanks were designed as per old IS Code: 3370-1965 without considering earthquake forces. The objective of this dissertation is to shed light on the In...