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Abstract
The subject of the work is a typical ground-based horizontal cylindrical tank. Two load cases are assumed: total internal pressure and total
special pressure. A critical state of such a tank is described. An optimization criterion is formulated as the minimum of the tank mass,
moreover the space of allowable solutions is defined. Optimal ratios of basic dimensions for an assumed family of tanks of given capacities
are determined. The solutions are restrained by the strength and stability conditions. Results of numerical analysis were approximated with
mathematical formulae convenient in the practice of tank design.
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Keywords: Horizontal pressure tank; Cylindrical shell; Elastic buckling; Optimal design
and underground horizontal cylindrical tanks. The problems p0ðextÞ external additional small pressure,
of optimal shaping of ellipsoidal heads and horizontal due to a suction pump;
cylindrical tanks were presented by Magnucki and Szyc gm specific weight of the medium;
[31], Magnucki [32,33], Magnucki, Stasiewicz and Szyc a radius of cylindrical shell;
[34] and Stasiewicz [35]. f circumferential coordinate;
The present paper is devoted to searching for the for fZ0 the upper element of the cylind-
effective proportions of the vessel dimensions. Hence, the rical shell;
problem is related to parametric optimization of thin-walled for fZp/2 the lower element.
structures.
The capacity of the tank is
minfms g; (5)
a
Substituting the minimal thickness of the cylindrical For the tank of capacity V0Z600 m3 the points M1 and
shell of Eq. (7) or (8) into the objective function of Eq. (6) M2 take a common location, so that both cases are
enables determination of the space (set) of allowable equivalent and the optimal ratio of the main sizes is
solutions for the horizontal cylindrical tank (Fig. 2). (L/d)optZ5.71. For tanks of greater capacity (600 m3!V0),
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Fig. 4. Optimal horizontal cylindrical tank for two constraint cases. Fig. 5. Mass of the tank as a function of the radius a (V0Z200 m3).
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