Table 4-1 Importance Factor, | (Table 4(c), Ref. 3-6)
Tank Use
- - oe ___ Factor /
Tanks containing hazardous materials 15
Tanks that are intended to remain usable, for emergency purposes =
after an earthquake; or tanks that are part of lifeline systems
All other tanks
design catia
‘Table 4-2 Response Modification Factor, R,, (Table 4(d), Ref. 3-6)
I R,
Type of Structure Re
(a) Anchored, fexible-base tanks + - 19
| (@) Fixed or hinged-base tanks - 1.0
(c) Unanchored, contained or uncontained tanks* 1.0 |
1.0
[aerated Tans
where 2% can be obtained from F
g.4-9(a) for a given Note that ACI 3503 specifies a limit of 1.25 seconds
h ‘on both anchored and unanchored maximum periods,
L/H, of the tank. (L= length of tank in direction of
analysis (ft) We Wee Wye W
4.7.2 Circular Tanks
A 2G, wy clone
pirinilidiagbiethehinineepammscacaed xan eter ener | Teena
todetermine the impulsive period of fixed or hinged base L 48 15, | flexible tanks
circular tanks with or without prestressing:
r For unanchored
™ flexible tanks
onc? A, = cross-sectional area of cable/strand (in),
NE, E. = modulus of elasticity of cable/strand (ksi), B = angle
of cable/strand with horizontal, L, = effective length
cf of cable/strand taken as sleeve length plus 35 times
C= 10Cw 797 the diameter (in.), S,= spacing between cable sets (in),
sod p,'= mass denaty of conciee {666 Tb-eeci/te), $,*spacing of elastomers pads Gin = shese moat
and p= mass density of concrete (66 Pian qi of elastomeric pads (kai), = thichnéss of elastomeric
1, = thickness of ity ogecrete (bins), Cqis given bearing pad (i), L, = lengih of individual elastomeric
in Fig. 410 in terms of D/H, pad (in) and w, ='width of elastomeric pad in radial
Fiection (in), ahd k= spring constant (k/
(i) Blestble eceThe olloneing equations eantedseds "ike ganventon paviod. 7, far both norcalidlig
tletermine the impulsive period T,offlexiblebase circular
prestrescd onl
and flexible base tanks can be determined using the
following equation:
Sai
= \ bk second for anchoreel tanks and 1