This paper is an application of optimization method to the structural design of concrete rectangular and circular water tanks, considering the total cost of the tank as an objective function with the properties of the tank that are tank capacity, width and length of tank in rectangular, water depth in circular, unit weight of water and tank floor slab thickness, as design variables. A computer program has been developed to solve numerical examples using the Indian IS: 456-2000 Code equations.
The results shown that the tank capacity taken up the minimum total cost of the rectangular tank and taken down for circular tank. The tank floor slab thickness taken up the minimum total cost for two types of tanks. The unit weight of water in tank taken up the minimum total cost of the circular tank and taken down for rectangular tank.
Source: GRIET
Author: G.Hemalatha | J.Tejaswi
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