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E-Course on
Seismic Design of Liquid Storage
Tanks

January 16 February 6, 2006

About the E-Course
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Welcome
Welcome to the second E-Course in India in Civil
Engineering.
First E-course was on IS 1893 (Part I):2002, in
January 2003.
This presentation gives you an idea on conduct
of the course.
Your instructors:
Sudhir K Jain of IIT Kanpur
Durgesh Rai of IIT Kanpur
O R Jaiswal of VNIT Nagpur
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Conduct of Course
The entire material will be divided into about eight
lectures.
The lectures will also cover IITK-GSDMA Guidelines for
Seismic Design of Liquid Storage Tanks.
This document is available on:
http://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/IITK-GSDMA/EQ08.pdf
Please download this document and keep a hard
copy for ready reference.
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About IITK-GSDMA Guidelines
This document is not a BIS code.
BIS is considering it for IS 1893 (Part 2) of tanks
It has two parts
Part 1 contains Provisions & Commentary
Part 2 gives six solved examples
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About IITK-GSDMA Guidelines
Part 1 is written in Code-like format.
It gives Commentary of clauses, wherever
necessary.
It has two column format; Provisions on left and
Commentary on right side
Consistent with present international practice
of code writing
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About IITK-GSDMA Guidelines
International codes & research papers used in
the development of this document, are given in
Clause 0.4 (p. 3), C0.5 (p.4), and Commentary
References (p. 54, 55).
These may be referred in these lectures also
Some important references are given on next
slide
It is suggested that you keep them also with you

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About IITK-GSDMA Guidelines
1. IS 1893 (Part 1):2002, Indian Standard Criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures:
General Provisions and Buildings, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
2. IS 11682:1985, Criteria for Design of RCC Staging for Overhead Water Tanks, Bureau of
Indian Standards, New Delhi.
3. Jaiswal, O. R. Rai, D. C. and Jain, S.K., 2004a, Codal provisions on design seismic forces for
liquid storage tanks: a review, Report No. IITK-GSDMA-EQ-01-V1.0, Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur, Kanpur. (www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/IITK-GSDMA/EQ01.pdf )
4. Jaiswal, O. R., Rai, D. C. and Jain, S.K., 2004b, Codal provisions on seismic analysis of liquid
storage tanks: a review Report No. IITK-GSDMA-EQ-04-V1.0, Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur, Kanpur. (www. iitk.ac.in/nicee/IITK-GSDMA/EQ04.pdf )
5. Sameer, S. U., and Jain, S. K., 1992, Approximate methods for determination of time period
of water tank staging, The Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 66, No. 12, 691-698.
(http://www.nicee.org/ecourse/Tank_ICJ.pdf)
6. Sameer, S. U., and Jain, S. K., 1994, Lateral load analysis of frame staging for elevated water
tanks, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol.120, No.5, 1375-1393.
(http://www.nicee.org/ecourse/Tank_ASCE.pdf)
7. Rai D C, 2002, Review of code design forces for shaft supported elevated water tanks,
Proc.of 13th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering , Roorkee, Ed. D K Paul et al., pp 1407 -
1418. (http://www.nicee.org/ecourse/12_symp_tanks.pdf)

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Conduct of Course
Lectures will be posted to you by email, twice
a week.
If needed, we may extend duration of the
course by one week.
During the course, some assignments will
also be sent to you
Assignment may ask you to:
Read some parts of the guidelines
Answer some simple questions, or
Solve some simple problems

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Homework Assignments
To get maximum benefit from the course, you
need to be regular with assignments.
Answers to the homework problems will be
supplied a few days later.
You may compare your solution with the
supplied solution and grade yourself
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Questions
You are encouraged to ask questions
The following schedule for questions and
answers will be followed:
All questions about a lecture must be asked
within three days of the lecture being sent
All questions about an assignment must be
asked within three days of the solution being
provided.
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Questions
The above schedule for questions will help
Consolidate all the questions and address them
in a systematic way.
Participants to be regular in studying
It may not be possible for us to answer
questions after the course is over.
Hence, make sure you ask all your queries during
the course.
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About Course Materials
The lectures to be sent to you
Are the intellectual property of the instructors
Are meant for only your learning during the
course
Are not to be shared by you with others
Are not to be reproduced in any form for any
purposes
The concept of E-course demands that this code
of ethics is followed.
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Finally
Thank you for your enrolment in the E-Course
We wish you a fruitful learning experience