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Welded Steel Tanks For Storage Oil
Welded Steel Tanks For Storage Oil
Welded Steel Tanks For Storage Oil
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Shell design
By :
The 1-foot method
Variable - design - point
method
Elastic analysis
Calculation of thickness by the 1-foot method
• It calculate the thicknesses required at design
points 0.3 m above the bottom of each shell
course .
• This method shall not be used for tanks larger
than 60 m in diameter .
The required minimum thickness of shell plates
shall be greater than this value
td =(4.9*D*(H-0.3)*G)/Sd +CA
tt = (4.9*D*(H-0.3))/St
td = design shell thickness in mm ,
tt = hydrostatic test thickness in mm ,
D = nominal tank diameter in m ,
H =design liquid level in m ,
G = specific gravity of the liquid to be storage ,
CA = corrosion allowance in mm ,
Sd = allowable stress for the design condition in MPa ,
St = allowable stress for the hydrostatic test condition in MPa ,
The minimum thickness of shell plates shall be
computed from the stress on the vertical joints
using the formula
t = (4.9*D*(H-0.3)*G/(145*E)+CA
t = minimum thickness in mm,
D = nominal tank diameter in m ,
H = design liquid level in m ,
G = specific gravity of the liquid to be storage ,
CA = corrosion allowance in mm ,
E = joint efficiency which is either 0.85 or 0.70 .
corrosion allowance :
1 mm for gases
3 mm for liquids
6 mm for Sulphate