The study realized shows that the temperature differential in the concrete walls of the manure storage has an important effect and should be considered in the structural design of the tank. Measures were taken on an instrumented manure concrete tank and a mathematical model using the finite element technique was developed to better understand the thermal phenomena. A suggested procedures is given to allow for the determination of the design internal forces that consider all thermal effects.

As more research is done on the concrete tanks, more parameters are found to have an effect on the tank structure. These effects can than be integrated in the design calculation for the structure resulting in storage facilities that are more solid and would have a longer lifetime.