Diseño De Tanques De Liquidos

IITK-GSDMA GUIDELINES

for SEISMIC DESIGN OF LIQUID STORAGE TANKS
Provisions with Commentary and Explanatory Examples

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority
October 2007

N ATIONAL I NFO RMATION C ENTER OF E ARTHQUAKE E N GIN EER ING

Other IITK-GSDMA Guidelines Available from NICEE : • IITK-GSDMA Guidelines for Seismic Design of BuriedPipelines • IITK-GSDMA Guidelines for Structural Use of Reinforced Masonry • IITK-GSDMA Guidelines for Seismic Design of Earth Dams and Embankments • IITK-GSDMA Guidelines for Seismic Evaluation and Strengthening of Existing Buildings • IITK-GSDMA Guidelines on measures to Mitigate Effects of Terrorist Attacks on Buildings
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IITK-GSDMA GUIDELINES

for SEISMIC DESIGN OF LIQUID STORAGE TANKS
Provisions with Commentary

Prepared by: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Kanpur With Funding by: Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority Gandhinagar

October 2007

N ATIONAL I NFORMAT ION C EN TER OF E ARTH QUAKE E N GINEERIN G
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur (India)

Thematerial presented in this document is to help educate engineers/designers on the subject. This document has been prepared in accordance with generally recognized engineering principles and practices. While developing this material, many international codes, standards and guidelines have been referred. This document is intended for the use by individuals who are competent to evaluate the significance andlimitations of its content and who will accept responsibility for the application of the material it contains. The authors, publisher and sponsors will not be responsible for any direct, accidental or consequential damages arising from the use of material content in this document. Preparation of this document was supported by the Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA), Gandhinagar,through a project at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, using World Bank finances. The views and opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and not necessarily of the GSDMA, the World Bank, or IIT Kanpur. The material presented in these guidelines cannot be reproduced without written permission, for which please contact NICEE Coordinator. Published by: Coordinator NationalInformation Center of Earthquake Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Kanpur 208 016 (India) Email: nicee@iitk.ac.in Website: www.nicee.org

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Participants

Prepared by:
Sudhir K. Jain, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur O R Jaiswal, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

Reviewed by:
P K Malhotra, FM Global, USA L K Jain, StructuralConsultant, Nagpur

Additional review comments by:
A R Chandrasekaran, Hyderabad K K Khurana, IIT Roorkee Rushikesh Trivedi, VMS Consultants, Ahmedabad

GSDMA Review Committee:
V. Thiruppugazh, GSDMA, Gandhinagar Principal Secretary, UDD, Gandhinagar Sr. Town Planner, Gandhinagar Secretary, Roads and Buildings, Gandhinagar A. S. Arya, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi Alpa Sheth, Vakil MehtaSheth Consulting Engineers, Mumbai

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FOREWORD
The earthquake of 26 January 2001 in Gujarat was unprecedented not only for the state of Gujarat but for the entire country in terms of the damages and the casualties. As the state came out of the shock, literally and otherwise, the public learnt for the first time that the scale of disaster could have been far lower had theconstructions in the region complied with the codes of practice for earthquake prone regions. Naturally, as Gujarat began to rebuild the houses, infrastructure and the lives of the affected people, it gave due priority to the issues of code compliance for new constructions. Seismic activity prone countries across the world rely on “codes of practice” to mandate that all constructions fulfill at least a...