Vessel Platform Weight Estimate
Vessel Platform Weight Estimate
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Hello folks: Does anyone have a quick and dirty spreadsheet for estimating vessel platform weights? I use COMPRESS for the little bit of vessel related work I do (all of that has to do with rigging) but a quick excel sheet would be handy.





RE: Vessel Platform Weight Estimate
If you are looking for walking platforms around a vertical pressure vessel, then your best bet is to get the ACTUAL weights of as many platform steel + plates or panels or grid material weights, add in the weights of structural supports, and work up the equation yourself.
Hint: It not be a simple A lbs + B lbs/area x area = total weight
since the weight of the angled support steel and handrails and live weight increases faster than area. Weight of the platform material itself will be proportional to area of the platform.
RE: Vessel Platform Weight Estimate
http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=225201
I would imagine that a live load of ~125 psf would be a place to start.
MJCronin
Sr. Process Engineer
RE: Vessel Platform Weight Estimate
Attached is a quick and dirty spreadsheet I used on a recent project.
It calculates the area of radial platforms. You provide the necessary inputs like, platf width, angular extents and estimated weight per area.
RE: Vessel Platform Weight Estimate
RE: Vessel Platform Weight Estimate