Design of rectangular tank
Tank dimension height 2850mm and width 2850mm, $$ 304 plate of thickness 4mm is provided by
the client with 2 no of 75x6mm horizontal and vertical stiffeners equispaced as shown below
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Case-1
The required thickness of the plate tr was found to be 6.48mm but the plate deflection obtained was
10mm which is much greater than tr/2(please refer case-2 for detailed calculation). Minimum 10mm
plate was required to hold the deflection within limits. Much reduced thickness can be obtained
with the addition of more stiffeners.
Case-2
Addition of 3 Nos of horizontal and vertical stiffeners equispaced
Design data
Table-A
1 Pressure P (psi) 43
2 Temperature TC) 20
3 Moc ‘A240 TP 304L
4 Allowable stress @T ‘Smax(psi) 16675
5 Required plate thickness | tr See table-B
6 Provided plate thickness | Ta,mm(inch) 6(0.23)
7 Modulus of elasticity E(psi) 30x06Design of rectangular tank
8 | Max plate deflection
Ymax
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Table-B
1 | alineh) 28
2 | Blinch) 28
3 |alb 1
a |e 0.022
5s |B 0.16
6 4.56mm(0.18")
7 L.émm(0.06") Ymax