Vessel has three semi ellipsoidal heads, the middle hedad is called intermediate head.
Now, again the same question when designing the shell against external pressure would intermediate head be considered as a stiffner? so that unstiffened length L may be reduced accordingly.
One more question, if the intermediate head is flat unstayed head (of UG-34), would this head be considered as stiffener?
Nasir
Welding Engineer
DESCON ENGINEERING LIMITED
PAKISTAN