Tank Foundation Ringwall Design

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Tank Foundation Ringwall Design

API 650
Input Parameters
Tank Information
Tank ID:

Tank Foundation for

Bovas and Company

Tank Foundation Type: Self Anchored

Input Unit System: SI
Weight Input Method: Direct Weight Input
Design Code: US Code
Overturning Check Requirement:
Sliding Check Requirement:

Overturning Check
Required
Sliding Check Not
Required

Footing Geometry
Footing Centreline Diameter (Fd) : 8988.000mm
Minimum Ringwall Width (Fwmin): 400.000mm
Maximum Ringwall Width (Fwmax): 1000.000mm
Ringwall Height (Fh): 1200.000mm
Compacted Granular Fill (Ds): 300.000mm
Width Dimension Increment (widinc): 50.000mm

Bottom of Footing Elevation (BOF): 50.000mm

Tank Properties
Internal Tank Diameter (Di) : 8.988m
Height of Tank Shell (Hs): 10.000m
Average Thickness of Tank (Tavg): 6.000mm
Thickness of Tank Bottom (Tbot): 10.000mm
Thickness of Tank Roof (Trf): 10.000mm
Yield Strength of Bottom Plate (Fby): 250.000N/mm2
Elastic Modulus of Tank Shell (Es): 20000.000N/mm2
Tank Material Density: 78.50000kN/m3
Insulation Thickness (Tins): 0.000mm

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Fluid Weight
Product Empty Weight (Wtempt): 0.000kN
Product Operating Weight (Wtoper): 5217.330kN

Product Test Weight (Wttest) : 6354.100kN

Miscellaneous Loading
Internal Operating Pressure (
Internal Test Pressure (

oper

) : 0.000kN/m2

test

): 0.000kN/m2

Minimum Roof Snow Load (Snow): 0.000kN/m2

Snow Importance Factor (Isnow): 0.000
Miscellaneous Dead Load (Misc): 0.000kN/m2
Miscellaneous Live Load (Live): 0.000kN/m2
% Miscellaneous Weight for Attachments (Misc_wt): 5.0 %

Design Parameters
Soil Properties
Allowable Bearing Pressure (SBC) : 286.000kN/m2
Soil Density (Ysoil): 14.500kN/m3
Coefficient of Friction (P): 0.400
Soil Bearing Multiplication Factor for Wind and Siesmic Load
1.200
Case (SBF):
Lateral Earth Pressure Coefficient (k_lateral): 0.500
Overturning Safety Ratio (OTR): 1.500

Material Properties
Concrete Compressive Strength (fc) : 25.000N/mm2
Concrete Density (Yc): 24.000kN/m3
Concrete Cover (cc): 50.000mm
Yield Strength of Rebar (fy): 415.000
Minimum Rebar Size : 6
Maximum Rebar Size : 60
Minimum Stirrup Size : 6
Maximum Stirrup Size : 6
Minimum Stirrup Spacing : 100.000mm
Strirrup Spacing Increment : 50.000mm

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Calculations
External Diameter of Tank (D) = Di + 2.Tavg : 9.000m
Miscellaneous attachment weight is considered for Weight of Tank Shell and Roof
Weight of Tank Shell (Ws): 139.733kN
Weight of Tank Roof (Wr): 52.435kN
Weight of Tank Floor (Wf): 49.938kN
Total Snow Load (Wsnow): 0.000kN
Total External Dead Load (Wdead): 0.000kN
Total Live Load (Wlive): 0.000kN
Tank Empty Weight (Wempty) = Ws + Wr + Wf : 242.105kN

Wind Load Calculations

Wind Load Type : Direct User Input
Wind Shear Force : 0.000 kN
Wind Moment : 0.000 kNm

Partial Wind % : 50.000

Seismic Load
Seismic Load Type : Direct User Input
Convective Seismic Load
Operating Shear Force : 0.000 kN
Operating Seismic Moment : 0.000 kNm
Test Shear Force : 0.000 kN
Test Seismic Moment : 0.000 kNm
Impulsive Seismic Load
Operating Shear Force : 0.000 kN
Operating Seismic Moment : 0.000 kNm
Test Shear Force : 0.000 kN
Test Seismic Moment : 0.000 kNm

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Load Combination

Allowable Stress Design Factors (Service Loads)

Empty

Operating

Test

0.00
0.00
1.00
0.00
1.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
1.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

1.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
0.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

0.00
1.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

Internal
Pressure
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.40
0.40
0.40
0.40
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.00
0.00

External
Pressure
1.00
0.00
0.40
0.40
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.40
0.00

Test
Pressure
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

Snow

Live

Wind

Earthquake

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
0.00
0.40
0.00
0.40
0.10
0.10

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
0.00
0.40
0.00
0.40
0.00
0.00
0.00

0.00
0.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
1.00

Snow

Live

Wind

Earthquake

0.00
0.00
0.50
0.50
1.60
1.60
0.50
0.50
0.20
0.20
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

0.00
0.00
1.60
1.60
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.60
1.60
0.00
0.00
1.60
1.60
0.00
0.00
1.60

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
1.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
1.00
0.00

Ultimate Stress Design Factors

Empty

Operating

Test

1.40
0.00
1.20
0.00
1.20
0.00
1.20
0.00
1.20
0.00
0.90
0.00
0.90
0.00
0.00

0.00
1.40
0.00
1.20
0.00
1.20
0.00
1.20
0.00
1.20
0.00
0.90
0.00
0.90
0.00

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.90

Internal
Pressure
0.00
0.00
0.64
0.64
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

External
Pressure
0.56
0.56
0.48
0.48
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.64
0.64
0.64
0.64
0.64

Test
Pressure
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

Applied Loads At Top of Ringwall- Service Stress Level

LC
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14

Axial
(kN)
-5217.330
-6354.100
-242.105
-5217.330
-242.105
-5217.330
-5217.330
-5217.330
-242.105
-242.105
-5217.330
-5217.330
-5217.330
-5217.330

Shear
(kN)
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000

Moment
(kNm)
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000

Applied Loads At Top of Ringwall- Strength Level

LC
15
16
17

Axial
(kN)
-338.947
-7304.262
-290.526

Shear
(kN)
0.000
0.000
0.000

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Moment
(kNm)
0.000
0.000
0.000

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19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29

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-6260.796
-290.526
-6260.796
-290.526
-6260.796
-290.526
-6260.796
-217.895
-4695.597
-217.895
-4695.597
-5718.690

0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000

0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000

Design Calculations
Tank Stability
Tank Shell and Roof Weight Per Unit Length,

6.797kN/m

Snow load per unit length,

0.000kN/m

Governing Load Case No for Tank Stability Check: 13

Liquid Weight on Tank Floor : 99.880kN/m^2
Internal Pressure : 0.000kN/m^2
Liquid Density per unit Length : 0.000kN/m
Factored Ring wall moment,

0.000kNm

0.000

Anchorage Ratio,
J<=1.54 , Tank is stable

Internal Soil Bearing Check

(Below Tank Floor)
Maximum Internal soil bearing check (below tank bottom plate) for dead load case
87.146kN/m^2
Maximum Internal soil bearing check (below tank bottom plate) for seismic load case

72.622kN/m^2

Governing Internal Soil Bearing

SBint = max(SBint_dl,SBint_eq) = 87.146kN/m^2
SBint < SBC, Hence Internal Soil Bearing is OK

Ringwall Soil Bearing

Governing Load Case For Ringwall Soil Bearing Check: 13

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Allowable Ring Wall Soil Bearing Check: 286.000kN/m^2

Maximum Ring Wall Soil Bearing : 95.730kN/m^2
SBring < SBC, Hence Ringwall Soil Bearing is OK
Ringwall Dimension After Soil Bearing Check
Footing Width (FW) : 0.400m
Footing Depth (Fh) : 1.200m
Entire Foundation Self Weight
Wfdn_total : 325.709kN

Overturning Check
Governing Load Case for Overturning Check: 2
Governing Overturning Moment (Ms) 0.000kNm
= N/A
Overturning Safety Ratio =
Tank Foundation Passes Overturning Check

Reinforcement Calculations
Hoop Steel
Governing Load Case : 2
Factored Hoop Tension : 333.492kN

per PIP STE03020 5.6.3.3

Area of Hoop steel

required :

= 1428.612mm2

Per PIP STE03020 5.6.3.4

and API 650 B.4.2.3

Twist Steel
Governing Load Case : 2
As_Twist : 1594.932mm2
Twist Moment Lever Arms
z_1 : 0.000m
z_2 : 0.100m
PT = Total Load on Tank
WP = Product load on Tank Bottom
E = Linear Earthquake Load on Ringwall
L = Distance from tank shell to inside edge of ringwall
Twist Moment in Ringwall

: 0.070kNm

per PIP STE03020 4.6.5.6 per Section 10.9 of Roark's Formulas

for Stress and Strain and per PIP STE03020 4.6.5.6
Mu : 13.502kNm
Mimimum Rebar Size : #6
Maximum Rebar Size : #60
Minimum Stirrup Size : #6
Maximum Stirrup Size : #6

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Governing Load Case : 2

:

1.140m

1594.932mm2

0.733kN/m
:
0.00007
:

1594.932mm2

: : 3023.544mm2

Total Area of Reinfocement Required

Stirrup Design
Minimum stirrup requirement :

:91.440mm2 /ft each face

Minimum Strirrup Spacing : 100.000mm

Maximum Stirrup requirement : 500.000mm
Reinforcement distribution is based on
Temperature and Shrinkage steel requirement per
API650 B4.2.3 and per ACI 318 14.3
182.880mm2 /ft

Vertical Steel Requirement :

Horizontal Steel Requirement :

1200.000mm2

Provide #8 - 32

Reinforcement Bars Along The Section of

Ringwall

Provide #6 @ 7.00

in o.c. Two Legged Stirrups

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