Fracking Valve Test Bunker Design
Fracking Valve Test Bunker Design
(OP)
I have been approched by a manufacterer of fracking valves. They need a test bunker designed to withstand 30,000 psi approximately 3" from the surface. They want to use cmu fully reinforced and grouted with 2xmembers inside the test bunker. But how would I calculate the force that is applied to the 2x members then ultimately applied to the cmu wall?






RE: Fracking Valve Test Bunker Design
If they want to use a frack pump to supply the pressure, they aren't testing it for safety, they are proofing it. An entirely different bunker design, and one that would require knowing the size and mass of the unit, pressurized volume and elasticity of the system, the known failure modes, etc. Otherwise, it's all a guess.
RE: Fracking Valve Test Bunker Design