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PARAMETRIC STUDY OF RCC STAGING (SUPPORT STRUCTURE) FOR

OVERHEAD WATER TANKS AS PER 1S:8116821985 AND IS:3370
Issar Kapadia1, NileshDholiya2, Purav Patel3, Guide Prof. Nikunj Patel4
1,2,3,4
Civil engineering department, SPCE (Bakrol)

Abstract:-Water tanks are important public utility and industrial structure. The design and construction methods in
reinforced concrete are influenced by the prevailing construction practices, the physical property of the material and the
climatic conditions. For RRC staging of overhead water tanks or towers, should be so constructed against of seismic
waves or vibration forces of either naturally or by other ways like due to heavy vehicles or another like as mining
operations etc. so that the collapses minimized. Also, the tanks fail due to cracks in the structure of water tower because
of the improper designs, improper analyses and estimations, lack of seismic waves resistant design, improper geological
selection of support structure. In this paper as per 1S:8116821985 and IS:3370 recommendation reviews are discussed
for the design of RCC overhead water tank.
Key words: Support structures, RCC, seismic waves, vibration forces, shaft, bracing, overhead water tanks, damage,
analysis, criteria.
I. INTRODUCTION

Overhead water tanks of various shapes can be used as service reservoirs, as a balancing tank in water supply schemes
and for replenishing the tanks for various purposes. Reinforced concrete water towers have distinct advantages as they
are not affected by climatic changes, are leak proof, provide greater rigidity and are adoptable for all shapes.
A. Components of a water tower or tank consists of:
(a) Tank portion with
(1) Roof and roof beams (if any) (2) sidewalls
(3) Floor or bottom slab (4) floor beams, including circular girder
(5) cylindrical portion
(b) Staging portion, consisting of
(6) Columns (7) Bracings and
(8) Foundations
B. Types of overhead water Tanks may be:

1. Circular tanks
2. Rectangular tanks
3. Intze tanks
4. Circular tank with conical bottom
5. Spherical tanks.
Among these the circular types are proposed for large capacities. Such circular tanks may have flat floors or domical
floors and these are supported on circular girder. The most common type of circular tank is the one which is called an
Intze Tank. In such cases, a domed cover is provided at top with a cylindrical and conical wall at bottom. A ring beam
will be required to support the domed roof.A ring beam is also provided at the junction of the cylindrical and conical
walls.The conical wall and the tank floor are supported on a ring girder which is supported on several columns.
Usually a domed floor is shown in fig a result of which the ring girder supported on the columns will be relieved
from the horizontal thrusts as the horizontal thrusts of the conical wall and the domed floor act in opposite direction.
Sometimes, a vertical hollow shaft may be provided which may be supported on the domed floor.

C. General & Design Requirement of Liquid retaining:

Impervious floor.
Minimum strength of cement.
Water cement ratio.
Tensile stresses.
Cracking.

D. Permissible stresses in steel (For resistance to cracking):

When steel and concrete are assumed to act together for checking the tensile stress in concrete for avoidance of
crack, the tensile stress in steel will be limited by the requirement that the permissible tensile stress in the concrete is not

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exceeded so the tensile stress in steel shall be equal to the product of modular ratio of steel and concrete, and the
corresponding allowable tensile stress in concrete.

Grade of concrete Permissible stress in / tension shear (N/mm2)

(tv)
Direct(ct) Bending(cbt)
M15 1.1 1.5 1.5
M20 1.2 1.7 1.7
M25 1.3 1.8 1.9
M30 1.5 2.0 2.2
M35 1.6 2.2 2.5
M40 1.7 2.4 2.7
Table 1.Basic design requirement for liquid retaining structures to cracking as per IS 3370 are as above.

E. Types of staging:

1. Hollow circular shaft

is the most popular type of staging to support a tank container. The height of the shaft varied from a
minimum of about 10m to a maximum of 20m whereas the shape and size of the tank container largely
depended on the storage capacity and required head for the water supply. The aected tanks varied in their
storage capacity from 80kL to 1000kL. The diameter of the staging generally increases with increase in the
capacity of the tank, however, the thickness of the staging section is usually kept between 150 and 200mm.

Fig 1. Column bracing typed water tank or Frame Type. Fig 2. Hollow circular shaft type water Tank.

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2. Brace column staging

This typed staging is laid when the capacity of water quantity in the container is not large. The cost of
staging for this is not more compare to the hollow circular shaft. If the frame members and the brace
column joints are not designed and detailed for inelastic deformations, a collapse of the staging may occur
under seismic overloads.

II. CLASSIFICATION AND LAYOUT OF ELEVATED TANKS

Based on the capacities of the tank, the possible classification for types of elevated tanks may be as followed as
given for general guidance.
1. For tank, up to 50 m3 capacity may be square or circular in shape and supported on staging three or four
columns.
2. Tanks of capacity above 50m3 and up to 200 m3 may be square or circular in plan and supported on minimum
four columns.
3. For same criteria, (as above in point 1 and 2) depending upon the discretion of the designer, tanks of unusual
shapes, such as spherical, conical or multicell may also be adopted.
4. For capacity above 200 m3 and up to 800 m3 the tank may be square, rectangular, circular or intze type tank. The
number of columns to be adopted shall be decided based on the column spacing which normally lies between
3.6 and 4.5 m. For circular, intze or conical tanks, a shaft supporting structures may be provided.
5. Different shapes of water towers with certain arrangements of bottom construction are shown in figure as

Fig. 3 Arrangement for tank with 8 columns and 12 columns

III. OVERVIEW, DESIGN CRITERIA AND ANALYSIS OF WATER

1. Column Foundations:
Separate footings may be provided for column staging and designed.For all towers situated in seismic
zones where seismic co-efficient is above 0.05, at base of the tower all columns shall be tied together
above foundation level and well within ground by a structural member such as braces or ring beam.
Alternately continuous strip (or annular strip) foundation, mat or raft foundations shall be provided.

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The foundation shall be so proportioned that under vertical loads of tower (with tank full as well as
empty) and effects of horizontal forces, the pressure on the soil is within the safe bearing capacity and
in the critical direction the footing does not lift up at any point.
Loss of contact in the soil under footing should not be allowed. In locations where the soil bearing
capacity is high, loss of contact may be allowed provided it is safe against overturning and such other
conditions that are to be fulfilled.

2. Shaft type staging:

The tower may be in the form of single shaft circular or polygonal in plan and may be tapering. The
area enclosed with the shafts may be used for providing the pipes, stairs, electrical control panels, etc.
The minimum thickness of concrete shell for staging shall be 150 mm. When internal diameter exceeds
6 m, the minimum thickness in mm shall be [150 +( D - 6000) / 120]. Where, D is the internal diameter
of concrete shell in mm.

3. Bracing and columns type staging:

For staging of height above foundation greater than 6 m, the column shall be rigidly connected by
horizontal bracings suitably spaced vertically at distances not exceeding 6 m.

4. Forces and moments on columns:

The entire load of the tanks shall be transferred to the columns in the way the floor of the tank
contributes to each column. The effects of continuity of the beam at the top of columns, if any, shall be
accounted for in calculating the reactions on columns. In addition to tank load, axial forces, forces and
bending moments due to wind, earthquake or vibration shall be considered.

Fig 4. bending moment, axial stresses, bending stress, centre of mass position in shaft type water tank

IV. CONCLUSION

1. For basic staging overturning moment is highest as compare to the other staging pattern.
2. The current designs of RC shaft type circular staging (supporting structure) for elevated water tanks are
extremely vulnerable to lateral loads caused by earthquakes. It is evident from the damages sustained to staging
as far as 125km away from the epicentral tract of the Bhuj earthquake.
3. for same capacity of both frame and shaft typed tank, In hollow circular shaft type staging displacement value
increase with increase in Height level of staging.
4. The horizontal displacement value will be more in frame type staging water tank than shaft type water tank.
5. Due to system frame type staging base shear value is more than shaft type staging.
6. In places where continuous vibration is likely to occur like near rail- way tracks, steel staging may be preferred.

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