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Behaviour Of Reinforced Concrete Conical Tanks Under Hydrostatic Loading, Tareq M. Azabi

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Reinforced concrete conical tanks are used in municipalities and industrial applications as liquid containing vessels. Such tanks can be ground supported tanks or elevated on a supporting shaft. Although most design codes provide guidelines for rectangular and cylindrical tanks, no guidance is provided in such codes for conical tanks. Therefore, this thesis is motivated to study the behaviour and design of this type of tanks. In the current study, the accuracy of a design approach based on the provisions of Portland Cement Association (PCA-CCTWP) code for cylindrical tanks combined with an equivalent cylindrical approach provided by the American Water Works …