This paper deals with the seismic column design of 35 elevated RC water storage tanks. Tanks comprise a top conic trunk reservoir, variable hollow square cross-sections, and shallow foundation on sand layer. The five-column heights considered are 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 m. five tanks subjected to seven degrees loading characterized by reference peak ground acceleration in Eurocode 8. designed agains...

A general framework for multi-criteria optimal design is presented which is well suited for performancebased design of structural systems operating in an uncertain dynamic environment. A decision theoretic approach is used which is based on aggregation of preference functions for the multiple, possibly con#icting, design criteria. This allows the designer to trade o! these criteria in a control...

The design of concrete elevated water tanks involves several kinds uncertainties. Traditionally, the these structures is based on a deterministic analysis. Partial safety factors prescribed in codes are applied to take into account uncertainties and ensure sufficiently safe design. However, this approach does not allow rational evaluation risk related structural failure consequently its reliabi...

he present paper deals with the study of static and dynamic analysis of transmission line tower (X type of bracing system). A typical type of transmission line tower carrying 220KV single circuit conductor is chosen as case study existing in bijapur district. The analysis and modeling of tower is carried out using FE based ANSYS software. The model is created in CATIA and then imported to ANSYS...

Structural damage to r.c. buildings located in a near-fault area has been observed during strong ground motions, with long-duration horizontal pulses and high values of the ratio between the peak value of the vertical acceleration and the analogous value of the horizontal acceleration. The design provisions of current seismic codes are generally not very accurate for assessing the structural ef...