Water Tank Strengthening
Water Tank Strengthening
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I am designing a water tank 13"x 6" x 6", and it should be able to handle around 250psi, I am not sure how to structurally make it stronger inside. As you can see in the pic I have three outlets and one inlet, also in the pic you can see drawn in red an idea on a couple ribs to be welded into place for strength, not sure if this is the way to do it or not. Any help would be appreciated.





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Not sure how you will fit together all of those nozzles on such a small piece. The shape of the tank is also so complex that it will be difficult to model, design, and fabricate.
Suggest you make this out of a piece of piping.
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In many country, the regulators would disagree with you and say this is indeed a pressure vessel.
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Pressure vessels are generally above 15 psi.
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The part you provided a picture of is simply not able to handle any.internal.pressure beyond.maybeone or two.psi.
Those 90 degree sharp edges will have horrendous stress concentration factors and it it doesn't fail.first time around then it will fail by fatigue after a few cycles.
All coolant reservoirs I've ever seen in plastic have very rounded edges and few nozzles.
Neecs a rethink IMHO.
Sorry
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