Hi, thanks for your replies. Yes, I understand that stiffening rings all the way round would only stiffen it for vacuum or external pressure cases. What I meant was to apply similar idea of external stiffening by welding beams vertically on to the shell, maybe 4 or 6 beams around the...
Hi all,
I have some experience on general plant maintenance but I'm not a designer, so please forgive me if this is a really silly question. For tall vessels where the ruling design case is wind load bending moments, is it acceptable to weld on stiffening rings or lugs external to the vessel to...
