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Guide for computing moments and shears in rectangular concrete tanks. rectangular concrete tanks.pdf

Dear All, It is a good guideline, but, in my opinion these provide highly conservative results. Secondly, you need to select that are you taking bottom as fix or pinned. Because everything depends upon your selection. If you take bottom as fix then it will be conservative. Secondly, in case of pure cantilever wall, it gives much forces for the distribution reinforcement. This is my experience anybody can share his own............ Thanks Muneeb

Mahnoor, Here are my two cents: Final Year Project is an important milestone in your educational career. A lot of students treat them as a degree requirement but you can get a lot more out of a final year project . All it would take is a little research before you dip in a topic. If you plan to do graduate studies, then, make a list of engineering universities than you plan to apply. Visit their Civil/ Structural Department page. You will find links to webpages about faculty. Go there, and look at what area of research different professors are actively into. Each professor works on something different. Review a few universities and a few profs. Get their research interest and do something similar in undergrad that once completed can help you get a funding to that university based on your undergrad project or research. If you don't to pursue graduate studies then frankly it doesn't matter. You can pick seismic because that has been the hot topic ever since the 2005 earthquake. No one apparently cares about floods. This answers your first question. Regarding second question, retrofitting is superior to seismic design and would add value to your resume. Thanks.

I found another version, scanned slightly better, its attached below. Rectangular Concrete Tanks - PCA - US.pdf