Abstract:With the restrictions on land use for construction, the fully underground integrated structures are more adopted for the newly-built wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). In order to meet functional requirements such as operation, maintenance and ventilation of WWTP, the top slabs of the tanks should be usually holed at specific locations. When these openings are positioned close to the outer tank wall, the intermediate restraint of the outer tank wall is weakened, thereby influencing the force of the outer tank wall. The finite element analysis software of Autodesk Robot is used to analyze the force models of the different-length openings of outer tank wall. The impact of opening dimensions on the force of outer tank wall is obtained, and the corresponding design solutions are given. And the suggestions for the layout of openings on the top slab of the tanks in the fully underground WWTPs are proposed.