Rectangular storage tank leg design
Rectangular storage tank leg design
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Hello every body,
I have to present hand calculation for a rectangular storage tank. i have designed tank walls besed on Kanti.K.Mahajan reference book.
I am involve designing tank legs. the tank is supported by 4 legs.
loads are : wind, seismic, dead load
i will be appreciated if anyone offer me a book or standard for hand calculations.
the tank is not pressurized so ASME Boiler & Pressure vessel code is not usable. in addition, the tank is rectangular, so API650 is not usable too!...
I have to present hand calculation for a rectangular storage tank. i have designed tank walls besed on Kanti.K.Mahajan reference book.
I am involve designing tank legs. the tank is supported by 4 legs.
loads are : wind, seismic, dead load
i will be appreciated if anyone offer me a book or standard for hand calculations.
the tank is not pressurized so ASME Boiler & Pressure vessel code is not usable. in addition, the tank is rectangular, so API650 is not usable too!...






RE: Rectangular storage tank leg design
Bednar's Pressure Vessel Handbook includes some information on leg design for vessels that may be of help. The main point being that he considers legs to be partially restrained at the base.
If the tank is very small, you can make some very conservative assumptions without excessive extra cost (cheaper to throw some extra material in there than it is to do the analysis to show it's not needed.) If the tank is large enough, it may be worthwhile to do finite element analysis to design leg connections.
RE: Rectangular storage tank leg design