IS 1893 (Part 2) : 2014

Indian Standard
CRITERIA FOR EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT
DESIGN OF STRUCTURES
PART 2 LIQUID RETAINING TANKS

(FifthRevision)
1SCOPE
This standard (Part 2) covers ground supported liquid
retaining tanks and elevated tanks supported on staging.
Guidance is also provided on seismic design of buried
tanks.
2REFERENCES
The following standards contain provisions which,
through reference in this text, constitute provisions of
this standard. At the time of publication, the editions
indicated were valid. All standards are subject to
revision, and parties to agreements based on this
standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility
of applying the most recent editions of the standards
indicated below:
IS No. Title
456: 2000 Code of Practice for plain and
Reinforced Concrete (fourth
revision)
1893 Criteria for earthquake resistant
(Part 1) : 2002 design of structures: Part 1 General
provisions and buildings (fifth
revision)
3370 Code of Practice for concrete
structures for the storage of liquids
(Part 1) : 2009 General requirements (first revision)
(Part 2) : 2009 Reinforced concrete structures (first
revision)
(Part 3) : 1967 Prestressed concrete structures
(Part 4): 1967 Design tables
4326: 2013 Code of Practice for earthquake
resistant design and construction of
buildings (third revision)
11682 : 1985 Criteria for design of RCC staging
for overhead water tanks
13920 : 1993 Ductile detailing of reinforced
concrete structures subjected to
seismic sorces Code of Practice