Abstract:
Elevated water tanks with reinforced concrete carrier system are extremely important structures for public service or industrial use, and therefore they should be kept in a usable condition after an earthquake. The design and construction methods of these structures are affected by current construction practices, physical properties of the material and climatic conditions. Structural system damages are inevitable due to reasons such as improper designs, wrong analysis, lack of seismic wave resistant design, faulty geological preferences. In the first part of this thesis, the main water tank types are introduced and their design steps are summarized. In the second part, the damage types that occurred in the reinforced concrete carrier systems of the elevated water tanks during the earthquake were explained with examples. In the third chapter, the main seismic analysis methods used in water tanks are explained without going into detail. Afterwards, the reinforced concrete carrier system of a sample water tank was examined in both cases, both in its current form and reinforced with FRP, using the SAP2000 program. By discussing the advantages of using FRP in these structures, it was suggested that it could be preferred primarily for reinforcement.
