In: Civil Engineering
A steel storage tank 20m in diameter will be used to hold liquid petroleum product. When filled, the tank causes a bearing pressure of 150kPa. The soil underlying the tank has a unit weight of 16.5kN/m3 above the water table and 19.8kN/m3 below the water table. For a depth of 10m below the base of the tank, compute the effective vertical stress when the tank is empty and when it is full, for points under the center and the edge. (Assume the base of the tank is on the ground surface and ground water table, GWT, is 5m below the ground surface. Ignore the empty weight of the tank).