EFFECT OF DEFFERENT BRACING CONFIGURATION ON THE SEISMIC PERFORMANCE & ECONOMY OF INTZ WATER TANKS

Abstract

Water is the elixir of life. Hence the importance of water retaining is obvious especially is in the present scenario then water in deed is becoming a scarce commodity.

In the present thesis a attempt has been made to find out best possible bracing systems for an overhead tank in different load combination.

Different types of bracing have been used and its efficacy has been studied. The modeling and analysis has been done using the STAAD. They have been studied for different parameters such as different staging heights, different seismic zones and different site condition for a particular capacity of the Intz water tank. Apart from structural safety and viability the economic aspect has also been looked into which is so important in the civil engineering. The present study suggests that the choice of a particular bracing system is definitely dependent on the seismic zone. A judicious choice can be made after taking this kind of analysis which results in the optimization of the resource and ensures safety as well.