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152 RECTANGULAR TANKS UNDER HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE Flat-walled tanks due to their mechanically disadvantageous shape are used for los hydrostatic pressure only. The quantity of material required for rectangular tanks = higher than for cylindrical vessels of the same capacity. However, sometimes the applic: tion of rectangular tanks is preferable because of their easy fabrication and the goo: utilization of space. MAXIMUM SIZE Unstiffened tanks may be not larger than 30 cu. ft. and tanks with stiffenings, 140 cu ca feet capacity. For larger tanks, the use of stay rods is advisable for economic reasons. RATIO OF SIDES Length = 1.5B and Height or Width = 0.667 B, where B= VV; V = Volume , cubic feet DESIGN The formulas on the following pages are based on maximum allowable deflectice A= L/500, where L denotes the longer side of the plate. Allowable stress for the plz material may be taken as allowed by the ASME Code for Pressure Vessels Section Vit Div. 1. The values of @ used in the formulas depend on the proportion of the sides ankg are plotted in the chart on the facing page. a WELDING OF PLATE EDGES Some preferable welded joints of plate edges: The stiffenings may be attached to the tank wall either by intermittent or continucs welding and may be placed inside or outside. BIBLIOGRAPHY Other design methods are offered in the following papers: Vojtaszak, 1. A.: Stress and Deflection of Rectangular Plates, ASME Paper A-71, Journal Agr Mech., Vol. 3 No. 2, 1936. Timoshenko, S. and S. Woinowsky-Krieger: “Theory of Plates and Shells”, 2nd edition, McG: Hill Book Company, 1959. Roark, J. Raymond: “Formulas for Stress and Strain”, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Comy 1965 (incorporating the formulas of Vojtaszak). 0.02 0.03 0.04 VALUES OF @ IN FORMULAS FOR RECTANGULAR TANKS* “The data used in plotting this curve were taken from “Vegyipari Késziilékek Szerkesztése” Budapest, 1969, by Balazs Szdntay. 154 RECTANGULAR TANKS UNDER HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE NOTATION @ = factor depending on ratio of Jength and height of tank, H/L (see chart on page 153) modulus of elasticity, psi.; 30,000,000 for carbon steel specific gravity of liquid moment of inertia, in.4 maximum distance between supports, inches length of tank, inches reaction with subscripts indicating the location, psi. stress value of plate, psi. as tabulated in Code, Tables UCS-23 required plate thickness, inches Joad per unit of length Ib./in. 4 zy hRN Tan vonnwneoa REQUIRED PLATE THICKNESS 122451 4/% 0.0366 Thickness, ¢ may be used also for the —<—$——————3 bottom plate if its entire surface is L supported. Thickness, ¢ shall be increased in corrosive service. STIFFENING FRAME Minimum required moment of inertia: 3 A Iin = 500 BE Rp — BOTTOM PLATE WHEN SUPPORTED BY BEAMS 1 = f__S__ 1254 Niasé CH Maximum spacing of supports for a L given thickness of bottom: =1254 YS 191254 NOT CH

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