Step 1) Calculate the unstiffened height of the tank In the code API650, the spacing is expressed as the maximum height of the unstiffened tank wall and the size is referred to the minimum section modulus.Īs per API 650, simply follow the instructions given in 5.9.7 In storage tanks, intermediate wind girders are used to prevent the buckling failure of tank wall caused by wind load when the tank is on services.įor the design of the intermediate wind girders, two key parameters must be determined: the size of intermediate wind girders and the spacing between the girders. (I hope a friend of mine who was the project manager at the time can read this article). I feel sad because I know what the design and construction team must be going through since this also happened to us several years ago and sometimes it is not easy to demonstrate why an event like this occurs. Is this deformation the result of not having taken the proper precautions when developing the construction procedure?
Is this deformation the product of having executed an inappropriate design?ī. A few days ago, a friend brought to our offices a video showing some tanks that were under construction and that had been deformed/bent by the action of the wind and asked us the following questions:Ī.
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