CONTENTS:-

SR. NO.

DESCRIPTION

DESIGN DATA

CALCULATIONS FOR MINIMUM SHELL THICKNESS

BOTTOM PLATE DESIGN

INTERMEDIATE WIND GIRDER

VERIFICATION OF UNSTIFFENED SHELL AGAINST EXTERNAL PRESSURE

DESIGN OF ROOF PLATE

6.1

COMPRESSION AREA VERIFICATION AGAINST INTERNAL PRESSURE

TANK VERIFICATION AS PER APPENDIX F

ROOF THICKNESS VERIFICATION AS PER API 620

8.1

DESIGN DATA

8.2

ROOF DESIGN

STABILITY OF TANK AGAINST WIND LOADS

9.1

10

RESISTANCE TO SLIDING

STABILITY OF TANK AGAINST SEISMIC LOADS

10.1

MECHANICALLY ANCHORED TANKS

10.2

SHELL COMPRESSION IN MECHANICALLY ANCHORED TANKS

10.3

ALLOWABLE LONGITUDINAL MEMBRANE COMPRESSION STRESS IN TANK SHELL

11

ANCHORAGE FOR UPLIFT LOAD CASES

12

ANCHOR CHAIR CALCULATION

13

FOUNDATION LOADING DATA

14

EVALUATION OF EXTERNAL LOADS ON TANK SHELL OPENINGS

1) DESIGN DATA

Design Code

API 650, 11th Edition, 2007, Addendum 3,Appendices E,F,M,P,V

Client's Specs.

RT9S-2500-01

Item No.

Description

Waste Water

Material

A-36

Density of Contents

Dc

990

Specific gravity of contents

0.990

kg./m3

Fym

226.50

Design Temperature

100

Operating Temperature

50

Design Internal Pressure

Pi

15.00

kPa

Design External Presure

Pe

0.50

kPa

High Liquid Level

Hl

11.00

Design Liquid Level

HL1

12.531

Sd

151.00

MPa

St

171.00

MPa

Bottom

1.50

mm

Shell

1.50

mm

Roof

1.50

mm

Structure

1.50

mm

Material's Yield Strength

( At Design Temp.)

Allowable Design Stress

( At Design Temp.)

Allowable Hydrostatic Stress

MPa

( Inc. Static Head Due To Int. Pressure)

Corrosion Allowance

Slope of Tank Roof

15.00

degree

Outside Dia. of Tank

Do

12.014

Inside Dia. of Tank

Di

12.000

Nominal Tank Dia.= Di + Shell Thk. =

12.007

Height of Shell

11.000

Weight of Top Compression Ring

Wc

18.00

kN

Weight of accessories on shell(Stair, Ins., Clips & Nozzles etc.)

Wsa

50.00

kN

(Assumed)

Weight of roof attachments(Platform, Ins., Handrail & Nozzles etc.)

Wra

50.00

kN

(Assumed)

155

kph

Modulus of Elasticity @ Design temp.

198508

MPa

Yield Strength of Steel Structure (Ladder, platform, etc.)

Fy

250.00

MPa

Live Load on roof

Lr

1.20

kPa

Design Wind Velocity

60.28 in. of water

2) CALCULATIONS FOR MIN. SHELL THICKNESS

The minimum thickness of shell plate as per Clause 5.6.3.2, shall be the greater of the values computed by using following formula.
Design Shell Thickness

4.9D (HL - 0.3)G + CA

td =

Sd
Hydrostatic Test Thickness

tt =

4.9D (HL - 0.3)

St

td = Design shell thickness, mm

tt = Hydrostatic test shell thickness, mm
G = Specific Gravity of fluid to be stored

D = Nominal dia. of tank

12.007 m

0.990

HL1 = Design liquid level

12.531 m

CA = Corrosion allowance.

Sd = Allowable stress for design condition

151.00 MPa

St = Allowable stress for hydrostatic condition

171.00 MPa

1.50 mm

1st Shell Course

Width of 1st course

W1

2.450

Design height for 1st shell course

HL1

12.531

Required Shell Thickness (Design Shell Thk.)

td

6.218

mm

Required Shell Thickness (Hydrostatic Test Thk.)

tt

4.208

mm

7.000

mm

Shell thickness provided t1 =

2nd Shell Course

Width of 2nd course

W2

2.450

Design height for 2nd shell course

HL2

10.081

Required Shell Thickness (Design Shell Thk.)

td

5.273

mm

Required Shell Thickness (Hydrostatic Test Thk.)

tt

3.365

mm

6.000

mm

Shell thickness provided t2 =

3rd Shell Course

Width of 3rd course

W3

1.975

Design height for 3rd shell course

HL3

7.631

Required Shell Thickness (Design Shell Thk.)

td

4.328

mm

Required Shell Thickness (Hydrostatic Test Thk.)

tt

2.522

mm

6.000

mm

Shell thickness provided t3 =

4th Shell Course

Width of 4th course

W4

1.975

Design height for 4th shell course

HL4

5.656

Required Shell Thickness (Design Shell Thk.)

td

3.566

mm

Required Shell Thickness (Hydrostatic Test Thk.)

tt

1.843

mm

6.000

mm

Shell thickness provided t4 =

5th Shell Course

Width of 5th course including curb angle

W5

1.960

Design height for 5th shell course

HL5

3.681

Required Shell Thickness (Design Shell Thk.)

td

2.804

mm

Required Shell Thickness (Hydrostatic Test Thk.)

tt

1.163

mm

6.000

mm

Shell thickness provided t5 =

6th Shell Course

Width of 6th course

W6

0.190

Design height for 6th shell course

HL6

1.721

Required Shell Thickness (Design Shell Thk.)

td

2.048

mm

Required Shell Thickness (Hydrostatic Test Thk.)

tt

0.489

mm

16.000

mm

Shell thickness provided t6 =

Shell Table - 1
Shell Course #

Shell Width (m)

2.45

2.45

1.98

1.98

1.96

0.19

Uncorroded Shell Thk. (mm)

7.00

6.00

6.00

6.00

6.00

16.00

Corrroded Shell Thk.(mm)

5.50

4.50

4.50

4.50

4.50

14.50

Uncorroded Shell Weight (KN)

50.77

43.52

35.08

35.08

34.81

9.00

Corroded Shell Weight (KN)

39.89

32.64

26.31

26.31

26.11

8.16

Total Shell Weight (KN) (Uncorroded)

208.3

KN

Total Shell Weight (KN) (Corroded)

159.4

KN

3) BOTTOM PLATE DESIGN

As per API 650,Clause 5.4.1

All bottom plates shall have minimum nominal thickness of 6 mm, exclusive of any corrosion allowance.
Required Bottom Plate Thickness tb =

tb

mm

tb

7.5

mm

8.00

mm

Used bottom plate thickness

Weight of BottomPlate (Uncorroded)

7376.41 kg

72.36

KN

Weight of Bottom Plate (Corroded)

5993.33 kg

58.79

KN

3.1) ANNULAR PLATE DESIGN (API 650 Sec. 5.5)

As per the Sec.5.5.1, the maximum of the product stress S d and St for the bottom shell course will be
Hydrostatic test stress for bottom shell course

St

=
=

Product stress for bottom shell course

Sd

=
=

(4.9D(H1-0.3)/T ist shell course)

102.74

M Pa

<171 M Pa, OK

(4.9D(H1-0.3)G/T ist shell course)+ C.A

103.27

M Pa

<160 M Pa, OK

As the maximum product stress and test Stress are less than 160 Mpa & 171 Mpa respectively So Annular plate is not required
But to facilitatae the construction activities, Annulat bottom plate is being provided
Thickness of annular bottom plate

tb

6 + CA

mm

Used thickness of annular bottom plate

tb

8.00

mm

HL1

Wap

Max. design liquid level

Width of annular bottom plate

12.531

7.50

mm

215 x tb / (HL1 x G)0.5

(between shell ID & lap of bottom plate with annular plate)

=

488.33 mm

595.3

mm

Wact

600.0

mm

Wprov

750.0

mm

Weight of Annular Bottom Plate

16.50

KN

Weight of Annular bottom Plate (corroded)

13.40

KN

Total Weight of Bottom Plate

88.86

KN

Total Weight of Bottom Plate (corroded)

72.20

KN

Required width of annular bottom plate

Min. Width of annular bottom plate as per API 650 section 5.5
Width of annular bottom plate provided

4) INTERMEDIATE WIND GIRDER

(API 650 Sec. 5.9.7)

The maximum height of the unstiffened shell shall be calculated as follows:

H1 = 9.47 t (t / D)3/2 * (190/V)2
Nominal thickness of top shell course (mm)

4.50

Nominal tank diameter (m)

12.01

Design wind speed

155

Maximum height of the unstiffened shell

H1

14.69

The reduction/modification factor calculated (As per M.6)

RF

0.998

Maximum height of the unstiffened shell

H1

14.66

mm
m
Km/hr

Height of Transformed Shell

(API 650 Sec. 5.9.7.2)

Transposed width of each shell course

Wtr

W x (tuniform/tactual)5/2

Where,
W = Actual width of each shell course (mm)
tuniform = Nominal thickness of top shell course

6.00

mm

tactual = Nominal thickness of shell course for which transposed width is being calculated (mm)

1st Shell Course

Thickness of 1st course

t1

7.00

mm

Wtr1 = W1 x (ttop/t1)5/2

Wtr1

1666.5

mm

Thickness of 2nd course

t2

6.00

mm

Wtr2 = W2 x (ttop/t2)5/2

Wtr2

2450.0

mm

Thickness of 3rd course

t3

6.00

mm

Wtr3 = W3 x (ttop/t3)5/2

Wtr3

1975.0

mm

Thickness of 4th course

t4

6.00

mm

Wtr4 = W4 x (ttop/t4)5/2

Wtr4

1975.0

mm

Thickness of 5th course

t5

6.00

mm

Wtr5 = W5 x (ttop/t5)5/2

Wtr5

1960.0

mm

Thickness of 6th course

t6

16.00

mm

Wtr6 = W6 x (ttop/t6)5/2

Wtr6

16.4

mm

Htr

10043

mm

10.04

2nd Shell Course

3rd Shell Course

4th Shell Course

5th Shell Course

6th Shell Course

Transformed Height of tank Shell

[As Htr < H1, Intermediate Wind Girders are not required]

HTS =

5) Verification of Unstiffened Shell Against External Pressure

(As Per Appendix V of API 650)

Stability Factor
Condition-1

1.0

when Pe < 0.25 KPA

(Pe + 0.7)/0.95

when Pe > 0.25 0.7 KPA

1.26

Condition-2

For unstiffened shells elastic buckiling will occur if following criterion is satisfied as per V.8.1.1

(D/ts min) ^ 0.75 [ ( Hts /D) x ( Fy / E )^0.5 ] 0.00675

( V.8.1.1)

Nominal Diameter of Tank, m.

ts min

Nominal thickness of thinnest shell course, mm .

Hts

Transformed Height of the tank, m.

Fy

Yeild Strength @ Design Temp., MPa.

Modulus of elasticity, MPa.

Therefore,
0.0590

>

0.00675

[Elastic buckling criteria is satified]

Condition-1
The design external pressure for an unstiffened tanks shell shall not exceed:

(V.8.1.2)

Total design external pressure, Ps

Ps

E
15203 ( Hts / D ) ( D/ts min) 2.5

For Condition-1

Ps

1.26
1.063 KPa

(Allowable External Pressure)

For Condition-2

Ps

0.244

Where
Ps

Total Design External Pressure for design of shell, KPa

Greater of

1) Specified design external pressure excluding wind pressure

2) W + 0.4 Pe

1.48 ( V / 190 )2

C1

0.984958 kPa
0.500 kPa

C2

W + 0.4Pe

1.184958 kPa

Ps

[Greater of C1 and C2]

1.185 KPa

[As Ps exceeds the allowable external pressure, hence, shell must be stiffened.]
Condition-2
The specified external pressure for an unstiffened tanks shell shall not exceed:
Pe

=
=

Pe

Specified external pressure

0.50 KPa

E
15203 ( Hts / D ) ( D/ts min) 2.5

0.244

[As Ps exceeds the allowable external pressure, hence, shell must be stiffened.]

Minimum shell thickness required for a specified design external pressure is

tmin

>

47.07 x ( Hts x Ps)0.4 x D0.6

( E )0.4

tmin

4.700 mm

[The minimum shell thickness provided is sufficient]

(V.8.1.3)