JOINT RESTRICTION

PLATE THICKNESS 5mm

FILLET WELD Full fillet weld

Single-Welded Lap joints Top & Bottom Plates only

Lap welded joint (tack) Lap at least 5 times nominal thickness of thinner plate joined
Double welded lap joint not to exceed 50mm
Single-Welded Lap joints not to exceed25mm

Weld Size requirement for bottom and roof plates welds for all materials and for shell-to-bottom w
Group I, II, III, IIIA materials

Manual Welding Processes fillet weld legs or groove weld depths greater than 6mm

Semi-automatic & Automatic

Welding Processes (except fillet weld legs or groove weld depths greater than 10mm
electrogas)

For Group IV, IVA, V, VI Shell to bottom welds for all welding processes

All attachement to the exterior Seal Welded

tank

Vertical Shell Joints

It should be butt joints with complete penetration and complete fusion attained by double welding.
Vertical Shell joints in adjacent shell courses should not be aligned but be offset from each other by a minimum distance of 5t
thicker course at the point of offset.

Horizontal Shell Joints

Complete penetration and complete fusion

Lap Welded Bottom Joints

Lap welded bottom plate should be rectangular

Fully fillet weld should be achieved
3-plates lap in tank bottoms should be at least 300mm from each other from the tank shell , from butt welded annular plate jo
annular plates and the bottom
Lapping two bottom plates onto butt welded annular plates does not constitute a three-plate lap weld.
Annular plates shall be butt welded and shall have a radial width of at least 600mm between the inside of the shell and any lap
the bottom
Bottom plates should be welded on the top side only with a continuous full-fillet weld on all seams.
The bottom plates under the bottom shell ring should have the outer ends of the joints fitted and lap-welded to form a smooth
plates
Lap-welded bottom plates should be sealed welded to each other on the exposed outer periphery of their lapped edges

Butt-Welded Bottom Joints

They should have their parallel edges prepared for butt welding either square or v grooves.
Complete weld penetration
Use of backing strip at least 3mm thick tack welded to the underside of the plate is permitted.
The root opening for square grooves should not be less than 6mm

Bottom Annular Plate Joints

It should be butt welded with full penetration.

Shell to Bottom Fillet Weld

For bottom and annular plate with a nominal thickness of ≤ 13mm the attachment between the bottom edge of the lowest cou
plate should be a continuous fillet weld laid on each side of the shell plate.
The size of each weld should not be more than 13mm and not less than the nominal thickness of the thinner of the 2 plates joi

Nominal thickness of shell plate Min. size of

fillet weld
5 5
>5 to 20 6
>20 to 32 8
>32 to 45 10

For annular plates with a nominal thickness greater than 13mm, the attachment weld should be sized so that either the legs of
depth plus the leg of the fillet for a combune weld is of a size equal to the annular plate thickness but should exceed the shell p

Wind Girder Joints

Full penetration butt weld should be used for joining ring section.
Continuous weld should be used for all horizontal top side joints and for all vertical joints
Horizontal bottom side joints shall be seal-welded

Roof and Top Angle Joints

Roof plates should be welded on the top side with a continuouse full fillet weld on all seams. Butt welds are also permitted.
For frangible roofs, roofs plate should be attached to the top angle of a tank with a continous fillet weld on the top side only.
Top angle sections tension rings and compression rings shall be joined by butt welds having complete penetration and fusion.
 JOINT RESTRICTION

>5mm
not less than 1/3 thckness of the thinner plate at the joint and greater than 5mm

& Bottom Plates only

t least 5 times nominal thickness of thinner plate joined
o exceed 50mm
o exceed25mm

om and roof plates welds for all materials and for shell-to-bottom welds for

fillet weld legs or groove weld depths greater than 6mm multipass

fillet weld legs or groove weld depths greater than 10mm multipass

min. of 2 passes
Shell to bottom welds for all welding processes

netration and complete fusion attained by double welding.

ses should not be aligned but be offset from each other by a minimum distance of 5t where t is the thickness of the
 least 300mm from each other from the tank shell , from butt welded annular plate joints, and from joints between

ded annular plates does not constitute a three-plate lap weld.

shall have a radial width of at least 600mm between the inside of the shell and any lap-welded joint in the remainder of

op side only with a continuous full-fillet weld on all seams.

ll ring should have the outer ends of the joints fitted and lap-welded to form a smooth bearing surface for the shell

led welded to each other on the exposed outer periphery of their lapped edges

epared for butt welding either square or v grooves.

ack welded to the underside of the plate is permitted.

uld not be less than 6mm

minal thickness of ≤ 13mm the attachment between the bottom edge of the lowest course shell plate and the bottom
aid on each side of the shell plate.
e than 13mm and not less than the nominal thickness of the thinner of the 2 plates joined.

ess greater than 13mm, the attachment weld should be sized so that either the legs of the fillet welds or the groove
une weld is of a size equal to the annular plate thickness but should exceed the shell plate thickness

d for joining ring section.

orizontal top side joints and for all vertical joints
side with a continuouse full fillet weld on all seams. Butt welds are also permitted.
attached to the top angle of a tank with a continous fillet weld on the top side only.
pression rings shall be joined by butt welds having complete penetration and fusion.
Design External Pressure (Pe)
Design Internal Pressure (Pi)
Minimum Roof Live Load
Wind Speed
Design Wind Pressure
Design Uplift Pressure
Design Factors
>0.25kPa
<0.18 kPa
1 and >0.72 kPa
190 km/h
0.86 kPa Vertical Projected areas of cylindrical surfaces
1.44 kPa Horizontal Projected areas of conical or doubly cu
<1.6 Design Pressure
Design metal temp.
Max. Design Temp.
Design Specific Gravity
Corrosion Allowance
Seismic Factors
 eas of cylindrical surfaces
d areas of conical or doubly curved surfaces