Case study CIE5130 -

Design of cylindrical reservoirs

1 Introduction
Aim of tiiis assignment is to study the design and execution aspects of storage structures in reinforced
and prestressed concrete. Special attention is paid to the wall-to-base connection (case 1: sliding,
case 2: monolithic; rigid) and the distribution offerees in the structure under different types of
loading.

Case study CIE5130 - Case 1

2 Data of tPie reinforced reservoir

Height of the wall
Diameter
Wall thickness
Liquid head
Tree board'
Liquid density

H[m]
D[m]
hw > 220 mm
HI [m]
to be chosen
YI = 10 kN/m^

Materials:
Reinforced concrete
Steel
Selfweight of the concrete

C28/35
B500
25 kN/m^

case 2: rigid

case 1: sUding

3 Reservoir in reinforced concrete

a.

Determine the ring forces in the wall under hydrostatic load, expressed in the parameters H, D
and Yi- Assume a 5/////7g'wall-to-base connection.

b.

Determine the required amount of horizontal reinforcement A^ per unit of height as a function of
the volume of the reservoir. Assume that the height/diameter ratio of the reservoir is 1:5.
Crack width limit: Wk < 0.1 mm.
NOTE: When you calculate required amount of reinforcement, you have to check whether the wall
is in the stage of a not fully or a fully developed crack pattern. For the latter case you have to use
an additional term in the crack width expression!

c.

For which volume of the reservoir becomes a solution in reinforced concrete undesirable? Why?
(Note: Consider the required distance/spacing between the reinforcing bars and the diameters of
the reinforcing bars to be used)

d.

Check whether the required crack width Wk = 0,1 mm is sufficiently stringent to ensure a liquid
tight structure (with regard to self-healing: Use Lohmeyer's diagram)

e.

|v|ake a drawing of the reservoir with a volume of 1500 m''. Present the detailing of the wall-tobase connection in case of both a sliding sn a /770/70//Z/7/Cconnection.

Note: The effect of a temperature gradient may be ignored