Design Of Column For Hydrodynamic Loads

[PEStructural]

Does anyone have any references or a way to design a column for hydrodynamic loads?

 

[JedClampett]

Do you know the hydrodynamic loads or do you need to figure them out?

 

[PEStructural]

I need to figure them out

 

[ccw]

Hi Mjflorio,

Hydrodynamics implies velocity related forces. You will need to supply much more information. Is this column a seawall bolster being pounded by storm surge, or a pitot sensor strut support inside a pipe? Otherwise, start with a good college text on incompressible fluid mechanics.

 

[PEStructural]

It is a AWWA D100 circular steel tank center column supporting the roof. I can get the impulsive and convective acclerations from D100, but I was wondering how to apply them to the column.