Scientific paper ID 1912 : 2020/1

The water tower (column) is a vertical cylindrical tank for water storage. The column in the article is made of reinforced concrete with wall constructive system.

The volume of the facility is divided into: regulating and emergency stocks. In normal operation, only the upper part of the volume (the so-called ”regulating”) is used, which has the height necessary to achieve the free pressure in the water supply network. At the bottom is stored the so-called. ”Emergency stock”. In case of emergency operation of the water supply system, a significant reduction of the pressure in the installation is allowed.

In metallurgical plants, for example, in emergency mode, it is necessary to ensure the supply of water to the most responsible cooling facilities, allowing a considerable reduction of the pressure, compared to the ments for normal operation.

Of interest in this facility are the additional hydrodynamic masses from the seismic action of the fluid. In addition to the impulsive and convective masses, are add and the so-called dynamic (for flexibility of the construction) masses, with using ”transformed” (equivalent) impacts from these masses. The main results for reinforcement bars and checks are presented from the computer analyzes. Proposed are author”s check to determine of the reinforcement bars in meridian direction from the skeleton in the connection ”foundation-wall”, which serve to counteract of overturning moment from the hydrodynamic action of the water. After all, it turns out that the facility is being constructed economically. These types of facilities are suitable not only for industrial purposes.