Question

For each case, solve for sliding as well as toppling/overturning.

You have been asked to design a temporary water reservoir. The walls of this reservoir are to be formed from concrete slabs to be held in place purely by their own weight. The client has provided the following data: Design water depth-5 m Coefficient of static friction (concrete on dry soil) 0.5 Water density-1,000 kg/m Relative density of concrete-2.0 Three alternative designs are to be considered (Fig. I). Determine, by calculating the total volume of concrete required for each design, which of the three alternatives offers the most cost-effective solution. You may take the span (i.e. the slab dimension into the page) to be 1 m. 0 1 e-3d

Answer 1