STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF ELEVATED STEEL WATER TANK FOR F.U.T GIDAN KWANO CAPMPUS

Abstract

ABSTRACT Choleral epidemic has killed nearly 800 Nigerians in two months' due to lack of clean drinking water which has allow the water borne bacterial disease to bloom. 13,000 people have been sickened, according to nation's health ministry, CSC News September 10, 2010. An elevated steel water tank is a product of Immense Importantand necessity so, as to avoid the spread of cholera to Gidan Kwano Campus. Clean water is a universal solvent and have been proved through ages to have no substitute. This work entails the determination of various loading conditions, the analysis of the effect of these loads on the individual members and the design proper. The design is from the steel tank plates to concrete foundation. '. IV