Alternative Title
Paper No. 1.18
Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
10 Mar 1998, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Abstract
The paper presents a detailed case history of foundation performance of six 60-m diameter, 15-m high, floating roof fuel oil tanks and six 96.8-m diameter, 20-m high, fixed roof process water tanks built for a large power plant. Tank walls were supported by concrete ringwall footings. General subsurface conditions at the site are discussed, along with proposed site grading and the rationale for tank foundation selection. Because vibro-replacement improvement of site soils had been used beneath settlement-sensitive structures, there was skepticism regarding the decision to support the tanks on unimproved soils. To allay doubts about the adequacy of tank foundation performance, a staged hydrotesting procedure and an extensive settlement monitoring program were developed and implemented. The excellent tank hydrotesting results demonstrated that ground improvement was not needed due to the more settlement-tolerant nature of the tanks.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
4th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1998 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Clemente, J. L. M.; Desai, A.; Senapathy, H.; and Young, L. W. Jr., "Foundations Performance of Large Diameter Tanks" (1998). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 53.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/4icchge/4icchge-session01/53
Foundations Performance of Large Diameter Tanks
St. Louis, Missouri
The paper presents a detailed case history of foundation performance of six 60-m diameter, 15-m high, floating roof fuel oil tanks and six 96.8-m diameter, 20-m high, fixed roof process water tanks built for a large power plant. Tank walls were supported by concrete ringwall footings. General subsurface conditions at the site are discussed, along with proposed site grading and the rationale for tank foundation selection. Because vibro-replacement improvement of site soils had been used beneath settlement-sensitive structures, there was skepticism regarding the decision to support the tanks on unimproved soils. To allay doubts about the adequacy of tank foundation performance, a staged hydrotesting procedure and an extensive settlement monitoring program were developed and implemented. The excellent tank hydrotesting results demonstrated that ground improvement was not needed due to the more settlement-tolerant nature of the tanks.
