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Tanks are building structures that are used mainly for capturing and treating water but also other liquids. Different materials and shapes are used for their construction, also the use of tanks can be different. The floor plan shapes of the tanks depend mainly on the purpose of use, on the technological process taking place in the tank, and the method of construction as well. The most common floor shapes of tanks are rectangular, polygonal, circular, or other. Tanks with a circular floor plan are advantageous from...

Lock chambers are structures built on watercourses in places, where it is necessary to overcome sections with a large longitudinal slope. The method of determining the safety of the lock chamber and the static analysis, design and dimensioning of individual structural parts depend mainly on the type of chamber. Different criteria are used for chambers having side walls reinforced by slope, for chambers having walls made of anchored steel sheet piles, for walls on a high pile grate, and again others, for the side w...