1. E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
New Year Greetings !!
E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
 Sudhir K. Jain, IIT Kanpur

2. Seismic Design of Liquid Storage Tanks
E-Course on
Seismic Design of Liquid Storage Tanks
January 16 – February 6, 2006
About the E-Course
E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
 Sudhir K. Jain, IIT Kanpur

3. E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
Welcome…
Welcome to the second E-Course in India in Civil Engineering.
First E-course was on IS 1893 (Part I):2002, in January 2003.
This presentation gives you an idea on conduct of the course.
Your instructors:
Sudhir K Jain of IIT Kanpur
Durgesh Rai of IIT Kanpur
O R Jaiswal of VNIT Nagpur
E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
 Sudhir K. Jain, IIT Kanpur

4. E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
Conduct of Course
The entire material will be divided into about eight lectures.
The lectures will also cover IITK-GSDMA Guidelines for Seismic Design of Liquid Storage Tanks.
This document is available on:
Please download this document and keep a hard copy for ready reference.
E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
 Sudhir K. Jain, IIT Kanpur

5. About IITK-GSDMA Guidelines
This document is not a BIS code.
BIS is considering it for IS 1893 (Part 2) of tanks
It has two parts
Part 1 contains Provisions & Commentary
Part 2 gives six solved examples
E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
 Sudhir K. Jain, IIT Kanpur

6. About IITK-GSDMA Guidelines
Part 1 is written in Code-like format.
It gives Commentary of clauses, wherever necessary.
It has two column format; Provisions on left and Commentary on right side
Consistent with present international practice
of code writing
E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
 Sudhir K. Jain, IIT Kanpur

7. About IITK-GSDMA Guidelines
International codes & research papers used in the development of this document, are given in Clause 0.4 (p. 3), C0.5 (p.4), and Commentary References (p. 54, 55).
These may be referred in these lectures also
Some important references are given on next slide
It is suggested that you keep them also with you
E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
 Sudhir K. Jain, IIT Kanpur

8. About IITK-GSDMA Guidelines
IS 1893 (Part 1):2002, “Indian Standard Criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures: General Provisions and Buildings”, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
IS 11682:1985, “Criteria for Design of RCC Staging for Overhead Water Tanks”, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
Jaiswal, O. R. Rai, D. C. and Jain, S.K., 2004a, “Codal provisions on design seismic forces for liquid storage tanks: a review”, Report No. IITK-GSDMA-EQ-01-V1.0, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur. ( )
Jaiswal, O. R., Rai, D. C. and Jain, S.K., 2004b, “Codal provisions on seismic analysis of liquid storage tanks: a review” Report No. IITK-GSDMA-EQ-04-V1.0, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur. (www. iitk.ac.in/nicee/IITK-GSDMA/EQ04.pdf )
Sameer, S. U., and Jain, S. K., 1992, “Approximate methods for determination of time period of water tank staging”, The Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 66, No. 12, (
Sameer, S. U., and Jain, S. K., 1994, “Lateral load analysis of frame staging for elevated water tanks”, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol.120, No.5, (
Rai D C, 2002, “Review of code design forces for shaft supported elevated water tanks”, Proc.of 13th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering , Roorkee, Ed. D K Paul et al., pp (
E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
 Sudhir K. Jain, IIT Kanpur

9. E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
Conduct of Course
Lectures will be posted to you by , twice a week.
If needed, we may extend duration of the course by one week.
During the course, some assignments will also be sent to you
Assignment may ask you to:
Read some parts of the guidelines
Answer some simple questions, or
Solve some simple problems
E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
 Sudhir K. Jain, IIT Kanpur

10. E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
Homework Assignments
To get maximum benefit from the course, you need to be regular with assignments.
Answers to the homework problems will be supplied a few days later.
You may compare your solution with the supplied solution and grade yourself
E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
 Sudhir K. Jain, IIT Kanpur

11. E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
Questions
You are encouraged to ask questions
The following schedule for questions and answers will be followed:
All questions about a lecture must be asked within three days of the lecture being sent
All questions about an assignment must be asked within three days of the solution being provided.
E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
 Sudhir K. Jain, IIT Kanpur

12. E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
Questions
The above schedule for questions will help
Consolidate all the questions and address them in a systematic way.
Participants to be regular in studying
It may not be possible for us to answer questions after the course is over.
Hence, make sure you ask all your queries during the course.
E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
 Sudhir K. Jain, IIT Kanpur

13. About Course Materials
The lectures to be sent to you
Are the intellectual property of the instructors
Are meant for only your learning during the course
Are not to be shared by you with others
Are not to be reproduced in any form for any purposes
The concept of E-course demands that this code of ethics is followed.
E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
 Sudhir K. Jain, IIT Kanpur

14. E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
Finally…
Thank you for your enrolment in the E-Course
We wish you a fruitful learning experience
E-Course on Seismic Design of Tanks/ January 2006
 Sudhir K. Jain, IIT Kanpur