Description
Book SynopsisA Design Aid for Structural Engineers
Circular Storage Tanks and Silos, Third Edition
effectively explains and demonstrates the concepts needed in the analysis and design of circular tanks. Tanks have to sustain high-quality serviceability over a long lifespan. This text covers computing the stresses in service in several chapters. It considers thermal stresses and the time-dependent stresses produced by creep and shrinkage of concrete and relaxation of prestressed steel. It also examines the effects of cracking and the means for its control. This text is universally applicable; no specific system of units is used in most solved examples. However, it is advantageous to use actual dimensions and forces on the structure in a small number of examples. These problems are set in SI units and Imperial units; the answers and the graphs related to these examples are given in the two systems.
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"The new edition of Circular Storage Tanks and Silos is an excellent reference book and is recommended for graduate students, practicing engineers and researchers. It would be a worthy addition to the libraries of universities and the bookshelves of practising engineers."
—Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 2016
Table of ContentsPart I Analysis. Introduction to the analysis of circular tanks. Circular walls of constant thickness. Circular walls of varying thickness. Design Tables and examples of their use. Finite-element analysis. Time-dependent effects. Thermal stresses. Optimum design of prestressing. Effects of cracking of concrete. Control of cracking in concrete tanks and silos. Part II Design tables. Tables for analysis of circular walls of thickness varying linearly from top to bottom.
