API 650 TANK anchor bolts saddle design

[AlexRG]

hi, is there a recomended method or specification by any rule, to design the saddles in anchored aboveground tanks??

Thanks

 

[JStephen]

Do you mean saddles supporting a horizontal tank? Or anchor bolt chairs on a vertical tank?

 

[AlexRG]

Sorry I Mean anchor bolt chairs on a vertical tank.

Thanks.

 

[JStephen]

AISI/ SPFA publishes a book called "Useful Information for the Design of Steel Tanks" or something like that. See if you can locate a copy. It has a design procedure in it. I think some of the vessel handbooks may also have this information.