Saddle supports for horizontal vessels
Saddle supports for horizontal vessels
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Greetings from England
I am trying to establish design procedure for horizontal GRP (FRP) vessels: to BS4994 - which are based on BS5500.
It would appear that a 'flexible saddle' is required (rather than a rigid one). Saddles would be of carbon steel, lined with rubber. Can someone help with a meaning of 'flexible' in this context?
Is this to allow flexing of the vertical element of the saddle?
Vessel sizes are modest <15 m3.
Many thanks
I am trying to establish design procedure for horizontal GRP (FRP) vessels: to BS4994 - which are based on BS5500.
It would appear that a 'flexible saddle' is required (rather than a rigid one). Saddles would be of carbon steel, lined with rubber. Can someone help with a meaning of 'flexible' in this context?
Is this to allow flexing of the vertical element of the saddle?
Vessel sizes are modest <15 m3.
Many thanks
Ed Clymer
Resinfab & Associates
England





RE: Saddle supports for horizontal vessels
For a GRP vessel on steel saddles with rubber lining, the flexibility is provided by the rubber lining.
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RE: Saddle supports for horizontal vessels