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    Does lateral restraint attached to only web prevent Lateral Torsional Buckling

    Hi guys, We make our roof structure for our circular tanks out of variously sized purlins. We have one end of 2 main purlins attached to a centre bracket and the other ends bolted to the tank wall. Now we have secondary smaller purlins regularly spaced attached to the main and the tank wall...
  2. abhussain

    Channels or I- beams for Elevated Common Platform base b/w 2 Tanks

    Hi We are erecting 2 water tanks about 12 metres high in a cyclonic region (wind speed 73m/s). Tanks are about 3 metres apart. We will be having a common platform between them. Should the base frame of the common platform be CHANNELS or I- BEAMS or dosen't make a difference. If I use channels...
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    Common Platform at Roof height between two tanks

    Hi Guys, We are erecting two tanks about 6450 mm (254 in) high at the top of shell (i.e top rim, not roof height), edge to edge distance about 1.9 m (75 in) b/w the two tanks. So we have 2 independent rest platforms rectangular at the top of shell on the outside of the tank (i.e not on the...
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    ANSYS Workbench - How to simulate ground support

    Hi guys, I am modeling an equipment skid (approx. 9 m x 4m) with tanks and a pump that is to be used somewhere in the dessert. It isnt bolted to the ground. It's self weight supported on top of the ground which is sand. My question is that since it does not have any fixed or pinned supports...

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