Structural reliability of elevated water reservoirs under wind loading
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2019-07-01
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In the field of civil engineering, concrete water storage tanks are considered as hydraulic structures occupying a special place among other structures. The location of these tanks is based on hydraulic considerations related to the desired service pressure for subscribers whose solution is obtained by a compromise with the topographical constraints. In southern Algeria and the highlands; in order to ensure adequate pressure in the drinking water supply networks, the tanks are then elevated to high heights, which puts them under significant stress during windstorms and sandstorms conditions that are frequent in the South Algerian. As the severe weather conditions due to high winds are common, the elevated water storage tanks are designed to withstand to winds speeds included between 25 and 31 m/s according to the Algerian Wind Code. Given the uncertain and randomness of this phenomenon, the classical deterministic calculations of the engineer become limited since they do not integrate the notion of failure probability of the structure. In this study, a probabilistic approach based on Monte Carlo simulations is used to analyze the reliability of elevated water tanks submitted to hazard storm of wind loading. The limit state functions are related to the ultimate and serviceability limit states of the concrete elevated tank under wind analysis. This reliability approach, takes into account mainly two parameters which are the wind speed and the concrete compressive strength considered as random variable. Fragility curves depending on wind zones are obtained, where they demonstrate the dominant failure modes that can cause the structural failure.
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First International Symposium on Risk and Safety of Complex Structures and Components
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Reliability, wind speed, hydraulic load, failure, concrete elevated tanks;