Can grout take the vessel operating load of 95 tons and hydrotest load of 224 tons? So some reinforcement must be added in the gap?
Have you guys come across such a situation before in your experience?
Not to the vessel, but the top of concrete (where lugs are bolted) has cracked.
Plus this vessel must have a mandatory regulatory hydrotest after 10 yrs of service.
Hello,
There is a horizontal flare KO vessel (dia 4 mtrs) which was designed in a unique way and installed wrongly. The vessel was designed to be resting on 180-deg concrete saddles and had lugs designed to be bolted on top of those saddles. During construction (approx 12 yrs ago), the...