API 650 Stiffening Ring Flatbar ok?
API 650 Stiffening Ring Flatbar ok?
(OP)
An engineer I work with that is one of the most knowledgeable people on API 650 in my workplace designed a tank with a stiffener about halfway up the tank. A construction guy has been telling me that the flatbar used for the stiffener is not to API, but the engineer says it is. I see in API where it shows common styles of stiffeners as angle iron, but is flat bar acceptable as long as it can handle the loads needed?





RE: API 650 Stiffening Ring Flatbar ok?
For flat bar in particular, note the width limitations applied to compression rings in Figure F.2.
RE: API 650 Stiffening Ring Flatbar ok?
RE: API 650 Stiffening Ring Flatbar ok?