I intend to design an elevated RCC Water Tank and would follow the ACI 350 & ACI 371-16. Currently I'm gathering all the codes requirements for the design of tank. The tank is around 40m high and might be a RCC circular shaft or beam column frame. I've gathered few things but I'm unable to find what the horizontal deflection/ drift limit should be for these kind of tank for seismic and wind cases. Is there any reference in codes specifically for elevated tanks?
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Elevated RCC Tank Deflection/Drift
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Yes.. i remember one of the standard suggests h/500 for elastic displacements . P-delta effect could be
minimized by restricting total lateral deflection of staging to hs/500 and this quantity shall be increased by the factor Cd/Ie . (approx 3.0) for evaluating the additional load to cover P-Delta Effects in the support structure.
He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock..
Luke 6:48
minimized by restricting total lateral deflection of staging to hs/500 and this quantity shall be increased by the factor Cd/Ie . (approx 3.0) for evaluating the additional load to cover P-Delta Effects in the support structure.
He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock..
Luke 6:48
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