Civil and Project journal

Providing suggest relation for optimizing base shear in fluid storage tanks using proposed Hs functions

https://doi.org/10.22034/cpj.2025.511069.1351
Volume 7, Issue 3 - Serial Number 73
June 2025
Pages 11-25
Civil and Project journal

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Mehran Iran pour mobarakeh 1
HAMIDREZA MIRZAKHANI 2
Seyed Abolghasem Shaddel 3

1 1-Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, Islamic Azad Branch of Lenjan, Esfahan, Iran 2-Aghigh Non-Profit Higher Education Institute Shahrab sazahIrsaConsulting Engineers Company-3

2 MSC Student, Civil Engineering, Islamic Azad Branch of Lenjan, Esfahan, Iran

3 MSC Student, Civil Engineering, Hakim Sabzewari University

Abstract
Today, the use of ground concrete tanks for storage various type of fluids has become increasingly developed.

Since these tanks are susceptible to environmental damage such as corrosion and contamination, the design of these tanks must be continuous and uninterrupted operation during and after an earthquake. They also prevent water contamination during possible accidents. Factors affecting the design of tanks include efficiency, durability, safety, cost, and passive defense factors. The first step in designing a tank with a specific volume is to determine the dimensions, which in Publication 123 recommends a length-to-width ratio of 3 to 2 for rectangular concrete tanks with a fixed and specific volume, in the absence of other technical limitations. With the recommended ratio and fixed volume, there are many choices for height. Now the main question is which height for fixed volume should be considered in the design so that the lowest base shear coefficient is obtained in addition to observing the factors affecting the design. The answer to this question is the main topic of this article. For this purpose, a base height function called the Hs function is proposed. The proposed function is a criterion for the range of suitable geometric dimensional ratios. It limits the number of height ratio choices. Therefore, by performing fewer calculations, the base shear coefficient can be evaluated and its optimal value applied in the design.

Keywords

Base shear coefficient
lateral force
base shear
geometric dimensions
Hs Function
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  • Receive Date 07 March 2025
  • Revise Date 14 April 2025
  • Accept Date 15 April 2025
  • First Publish Date 15 April 2025
  • Publish Date 22 May 2025

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