Surface area of an Spheroid Tank
Surface area of an Spheroid Tank
(OP)
I am looking for a formula that will allow me to calculate the surface area of an oblate spheroid tank. I have found formulas that will allow me to calculate the surface area of a spheroid, but my spheroid tank has a flat bottom, so I don't want to include that portion of the surface area. I would like to use the formula to calculate the wetted surface area of the vessel in an effort to generate a required relief rate for an external fire.
Thanks,
ChEGATOR
Thanks,
ChEGATOR





RE: Surface area of an Spheroid Tank
RE: Surface area of an Spheroid Tank
I would think that the formulas for heat input from a fire are highly approximate at best, so I don't know that this is something that needs to be carried to 8 decimal places.
RE: Surface area of an Spheroid Tank
ht
Or is this the shape ?
ht
Or does it look like this:
http://nt
If your tank is comprised of a cylidrical shell and two hemispherical heads, the soultion is obvious... Sum the individual areas
-MJC
RE: Surface area of an Spheroid Tank
Thanks for your reply. The tank in question doesn't really look like either one of the tanks in the first two links. It does resemble the tank in the third link. The tank type is actually a Horton Spheroid. Page 2 of the pdf at the following link shows a picture of a Horton Spheroid that closely resembles the tank: http
ChEGATOR
RE: Surface area of an Spheroid Tank
You might just query CBI and get lucky, that is information without a fee.
RE: Surface area of an Spheroid Tank