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Assignment On:
DETAILING OF VARIOUS TYPES OF WATER STORAGE
TANKS.
Prepared by:
Md. Aminul Islam Khan.
Studying on:
Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Reg: 2011333038
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN SESSIONAL- II
Basis of Design:
One of the vital considerations for designing of tanks is that the
structure had adequate resistance to cracking and has adequate
strength for achieving this following assumption are made: Concrete is capable of resisting limited tensile stresses, the
full section of concrete including cover and reinforcement is
taken into account in this assumption.
To guard against structural failure, in strength calculation the
tensile strength of concrete is ignored.
Reduced values of permissible stress in steel are adopted in
steel are adopted in design.
water for washing - you can easily use this water for washing
your clothes in, and;
water for flushing the toilet - perfect for the job!
cover peaks in demand
smooth out variations in supply
provide water security in case of supply interruptions or
disaster
save your home from fire
meet legal requirements
improve water quality
provide thermal storage and freeze protection
enable a smaller pipe to serve for a distant source
How big does the water storage tank need to be?
Given the above usage cases; how do you 'size' your water
storage tank? The trick here is to have enough storage to 'carry
you through' the periods of no rain given sufficient prior rain. The
above positive/negative figure will give you a steer on how likely
being able to carry through will be, the more positive the easier
with adequate storage; the more negative the less worthwhile as
a goal this is (so don't bother getting such a big rain water tank).
The size you need also depends a lot on your rain fall patterns - if
you have well defined periods of the year that are 'wet' and 'dry'
then you should aim to collect as much as possible to carry across
into the dry periods. If its more random and equally distributed
across the year, then you just need to hold enough to 'flatten out'
the random distribution (i.e. a quarter of a years total rainwater
would be more than adequate). Your consumption of the water
also comes into play, if you consume it all before it can be saved
over the medium term, a large tank will spend most of its life
empty!
Although, from talking to many people on this issue, I always hear
the same story; namely 'I wish I had got a larger tank'. I think this
is more down to the changing weather patterns which have
condensed what was previously a months worth of rain into a day!
.
Water tank type?
Water tanks come on many different types, shapes, sizes
and colours; but can be grouped by final insulation location, as
follows:
Tanks buried in the ground
These are either plastic or concrete. Plastic water tanks will
be supplied as a whole unit that is 'dropped' into the hole and
filled over. Concrete water tanks require form work, pouring,
topping off and covering over. Plastic is in essence quick and
easy, concrete slower but more 'solid' - i.e. should last a lot
longer.
Where it is viable to bury your tank is determined mostly by your
budget and the ease with which the required hole can be made.
Also be aware of ground water on the site, if this pools in the hole,
you can end up with the empty tank literally 'floating' out of the
hole...
For ex:
proxy... In theory your insurance should cover you, but I'd opt for doing without
the trouble in the first instance!
on our plot we have a tank on the high side whose overflow is plumbed into the
rainwater capture for the lower tank which feeds off the house roof. The overflow
of that then goes off across the lower paddock and around the chicken coup to the
creek.
Thank you