The design of water-retaining structures lan Batty Roger Westbrook lan na Longman | Scientific 8 == |Technical |Longman Scientific & Technical, Longman Group UK Limited, Longman House, Burnt Mill, ‘Harlow, Essex CM20 JE, England and Associated Companies throughout the world, { Copublished in the United States with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 © Longman Group UK Ltd 1991 All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying. recording, or otherwise without cither the prior writen permission of the Publishers or a licence permiting restricted copying in the United Kingdom issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WIP 9HE. First published 1991 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Set in Compr aphic Tinney 10/11 Printed and Bound in Great Britain at the Bath Press, Avonre Contents Preface Acknowledgements List of design tables for water-retaining structures (Chapter 9} Standards for the design of water-retaining structures, Design and constructional aspects Design of cantilever walls to retain liquids Design of rectangular tanks of circular tanks Design of prestressed concrete circular tanks Design of a Mat slab roof and columns for a reservoir Design of conical tanks Design tables for water-retaining structures Appendix | The analysis of ground-supported open circular concret Appendix IH Metric/Imperial conversion factors