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Rectangular Tank Calculation

This document provides calculations to size a rectangular steel tank, including: 1. Calculating the required thickness of tank plates and determining the size of stiffening frames. 2. Determining the dry and test weights of the tank. 3. Specifying design parameters such as the material properties of steel, tank dimensions, liquid properties, and number/spacing of vertical stiffeners. 4. Performing calculations to determine the required plate thickness, load per unit length, and minimum section modulus for vertical stiffening members.

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Rectangular Tank Calculation

This document provides calculations to size a rectangular steel tank, including: 1. Calculating the required thickness of tank plates and determining the size of stiffening frames. 2. Determining the dry and test weights of the tank. 3. Specifying design parameters such as the material properties of steel, tank dimensions, liquid properties, and number/spacing of vertical stiffeners. 4. Performing calculations to determine the required plate thickness, load per unit length, and minimum section modulus for vertical stiffening members.

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Rectangular tank sizing Calculation
Objectives
- To calculate the thickness of tank plates
- To determine the size of stiffening frame for tank
- To determine dry and test weights
Assumptions
- Specific gravity of liquid is 1
- Acceleration due to gravity is 9.81 m/s
- Density of steel is 7850 kg/m
- Minimum Distance between stiffeners = 1.05m
References
1. UL-142, Steel Aboveground Tanks for flammable and combustible liquids,
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
2
Publishing Inc.
3 Corus Construction and IndustrialStructural Sections to BS 4: Part 1:1993
& BS EN 10056:1999
4 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section II subpart D
5 Trauvay and Cauvin (2001), Piping Equipment
6
7th ed., McGraw-Hill. 2002
7 ASME B31.10M - 2000: Welded and Seamless Wrought Steel Pipe
8 ASME B.16.5 - 2009: Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings
Notes
1 A total of 10 Stiffeners were used based on a spacing of 1.05 m on the long
sides (3 stiffeners on each longer side; and 2 stiffeners on each shorter side)
2 Sump Pump weight was not included in calculations
3 Weights are calculated weights. Final weights to be advised by vendor
Weight calulation does not include weir.
Acceleration due to gravity is 9.81 m/s
2
3
Eugene F. Megyesy, Pressure Vessels Handbook, Pressure Vessels
Young, W. C. & Budynas, R. G. (2002) Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain
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on the long
orter side)

Definition of Terms
- a Length of top plate
- b Width of top plate
- CA Corossion Allowance
- E Modulus of Elasticity
- g Gravitational acceleration
- H Height of tank
- Minimum Moment of inertia of top edge stiffening
- L Length of tank
l
Spacing between vertical stiffeners
- Spacing of bottom plate support
- R Reaction at top edge
- r Radius of contact of heaviest dead weight on top tank
- S Allowable stress of tank material
- t Required thickness
- Selected thickness
- w Load
- W Heaviest Dead weight on top plate
- Minimum Section Modulus of vertical stiffener
- Factor Depending on ratio of Length to Width of top plate a/b
- Factor Depending on ratio of Height to Length H/L
Density of tank material
Density of liquid in tank
Poisson ratio of tank material
CSA Cross-Sectional Area

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Equipment Tag No. ABH 8000 Project No. 1216 No. of equipments
1 DESIGN DATA
Tank Material SA-516 Gr. 60
Modulus of Elasticity E = 203.4E+09
Allowable Stress S = 117.9E+06
Density of tank material = 7850
Tank Dimensions:
Length L = 4.2 m
Width W = 3 m
Height H = 2.4 m
Type of Liquid Water
Specific Gravity = 1
Density of liquid = 1000
Acceleration due to gravity g 9.81
No. of vertical stiffeners one side = 3
Maximum Distance between Stiffners l = 1.05 m
Corrosion Allowance CA = 3 mm
Height/length ratio (H/L) = 0.5714
Factor for H/L = 0.095 (See Appendix)
2 SIDE PLATE THICKNESS
Required Plate Thickness = 0.004573343 m
= 4.57 mm
Thickness + Corossion Allowance = 7.57 mm
Selected Plate thickness = 8 mm
3 LOAD
= 28252.8 N/m
= 28.25 N/mm
4 VERTICAL STIFFENING
Minimum Section Modulus
77.538
An equal angle L-section of dimensions
150 x 150 x 15 (section modulus = 83.5
frame is satisfactory for vertical stiffening
Total no. of vertical stiffeners = 10 (Note 1)
N/m
2N/m2
N/m
2N/m2

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kg/m
3kg/m3
kg/m

3kg/m3
m/s
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