Static and Hydrodynamic Study of Tanks From Theory to Application Using Simplified Method and Shell Theory

Static and Hydrodynamic Study of Tanks From Theory to Application Using Simplified Method and Shell Theory

Mourad Belgasmia
Copyright: © 2025 |Pages: 52
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-7366-5.ch010
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Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is twofold. The first one is to expose two methods that enable us to apprehend the problem of tanks and water towers by two different approaches: The first is a simplified one by using approximate formulas. The second is shell theory whose resulting equations are more complicated and closer to reality because it takes into consideration curvilinear shape of the structure. The second objective of this chapter is to be able to understand the hydrodynamic study using Houzner's method, whose principle is to divide the contents of the tank into two parts: oscillatory and impulse.
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Tank Classification

Tanks can be classified according to:

Position of the tank relative to the ground

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    At ground level (or very slightly buried see figure 1), the tank slab is always placed in contact with the ground on lean concrete 5 to 10 cm thick.

Figure 1.

Tank at ground level and very little buried

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    On columns (slightly raised figure 2) this is the case for swimming pools

Figure 2.

Tank slightly raised

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    On pylons (figure 3), water tower

Figure 3.

Tank On pylons

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