Spring 2011This wiki page is mainly for internal PSS communication. For more information about the Structure team, go to the Structure Team page. Structures Team UpdatesOur team has been working on analyzing the structural capabilities of the columns and walls of the flocculator and sedimentation tanks. The following link guides the reader through a comprehensive analysis of the design shear and moment loads as well as the current moment capacity of the columns in the flocculator tank to be built in Alauca. Ultimately, the team would like to automate the design of key structural elements given the desired tank dimensions as well as dept of water in the tanks. We will continually update our progress through the Structures team Wiki page.
Structures Team Updates Updated Detailed Task List• Determine moment in column at incipient cracking in the tension face and set this moment as our maximum allowable moment
• Transpose our column design calculations to a MathCAD file from Excel
• Convert calculations and tables to the metric system
• Write a MathCAD file that will produce column sizing and spacing given key inputs such as the dimensions of the tank and height of the water; this will include rebar size and amount of rebar used | 