oilcivil
Civil/Environmental
- May 20, 2010
- 11
Hey Gang,
I'm designing an A-36 rectangular metal tank. The sheet metal used for the walls is 1/4" thick. There are corrucations in the metal on the two longest sides. The corrugations run top to bottom. I know the corrugations increase the stiffness and tensile strength of the steel significantly but I don't know how to quantify it.
The corrugations are triangular and have a 12" pitch. They stick out about 1.5" and are about 2" wide. So, as you move from left to right along the side of the tank, the steel is just flat plate for about 10" then a corrugation then flat again. It doesn't look like typical corrugated metal used for a pipe.
I'm just trying to figure out what the corrugations do the the property of the metal. I'm sure there must be some ratios out there based on the dimensions of the corrugations.
I'm designing an A-36 rectangular metal tank. The sheet metal used for the walls is 1/4" thick. There are corrucations in the metal on the two longest sides. The corrugations run top to bottom. I know the corrugations increase the stiffness and tensile strength of the steel significantly but I don't know how to quantify it.
The corrugations are triangular and have a 12" pitch. They stick out about 1.5" and are about 2" wide. So, as you move from left to right along the side of the tank, the steel is just flat plate for about 10" then a corrugation then flat again. It doesn't look like typical corrugated metal used for a pipe.
I'm just trying to figure out what the corrugations do the the property of the metal. I'm sure there must be some ratios out there based on the dimensions of the corrugations.
