Civil Engineers, like Highfill, must consider the weight of a storage tank (including the water) when designing a water storage tank. Why is this an important consideration? The weight of water in a water storage tank can be calculated if you know the volume of the tank and its unit weight. *Note: Water at 70oF has a unit weight of 62.4 lbs/ft3 **Note: The notation #/CF is commonly used by Highfill to represent ? lbs/ft3 Below is a drawing of a concrete ground storage tank with an inside diameter of 120 feet and a depth of 60 feet to the high-water line at the top of the cylindrical portion of the tank. What is the weight of the water when the tank is full?
- Civil Engineers, like Highfill, must consider the weight of a storage tank (including the water) when designing a water storage tank. Why is this an important consideration?
- The weight of water in a water storage tank can be calculated if you know the volume of the tank and its unit weight.
*Note: Water at 70oF has a unit weight of 62.4
lbs/ft3
**Note: The notation #/CF is commonly used by Highfill to represent ?
lbs/ft3
Below is a drawing of a concrete ground storage tank with an inside diameter of 120 feet and a depth of 60 feet to the high-water line at the top of the cylindrical portion of the tank.
What is the weight of the water when the tank is full?
A water storage tank is a structure that is used to store water for storage, distribution or treatment purposes. They are generally massive in size and accommodate large volumes of water.
Thus, we need to consider the weight of the empty tank as well as the weight of water at full capacity to design the walls, base and footing of the storage tank because of the significant stresses these parameters can induce in the storage tank components.
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