Volume of a (horizontal) 2:1 ellipitical head at various depths
Volume of a (horizontal) 2:1 ellipitical head at various depths
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Can anyone give me a formula to determine the volume of a horizontal 2:1 elliptical tank head at various levels of fluid fill?
The total volume is easily calculated, but I cannot find any source to determine the volume of a horizontal segment. E.G., If I have an 2200mm 2:1 tank head, the depth of the head is 550mm. What volume would be present in the head at say, 385mm?
The total volume is easily calculated, but I cannot find any source to determine the volume of a horizontal segment. E.G., If I have an 2200mm 2:1 tank head, the depth of the head is 550mm. What volume would be present in the head at say, 385mm?





RE: Volume of a (horizontal) 2:1 ellipitical head at various depths
I used a 3D cad program to build it and calculated the volume. The more scientific way is to write the ellipse equaition and use tripple integration.
RE: Volume of a (horizontal) 2:1 ellipitical head at various depths
Did the same thing one (used a 3D CAD program to calc the volume of a comparable tank head) but it tried to calculate the "volume filled" by the tank walls, not the "volume between the tank wall and a vertical surface."
Took a few minutes to figure out why the volume was so far off.
RE: Volume of a (horizontal) 2:1 ellipitical head at various depths
http://vps.arachnoid.com/TankCalc/
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RE: Volume of a (horizontal) 2:1 ellipitical head at various depths
BTW here is the (quite simple) formula (for the two heads):
V(h)=πHD2(h/D)2(1-2(h/D)/3)
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RE: Volume of a (horizontal) 2:1 ellipitical head at various depths
He's looking for the volume of a partially-filled tank to calibrate his level guage: So the formula needs a "HT" or "Depth" value.
He will need to add the length between welds for each elliptical head: L = ?
and
for what length "tangent length" (TL = ?) to account for the "straight leg length" (usually between 2 - 3 inches) on each elliptical head between the small radius bend ("d" I assume) and the head weld.
So the "horizontal straight length" of his tank will be: TL + L + TL, filled to some height HT.
RE: Volume of a (horizontal) 2:1 ellipitical head at various depths
http://vps.arachnoid.com/TankCalc/