North American Standard for box steel welded storage tank 1

[flummoxed2002]

Hello everyone,

I am looking for a North American standard that will cover the design and construction of a rectangular planar sided steel welded storage tank. I found a standard in the Eurocode 3 Part 4-1: Silos but I was wondering if anyone knows of more directly applicable standard.

Thank you in advance!

 

[DSB123]

flummoxed2002,
The Code you refer to is for silo's which are designed generally for "dry" products. Rectangular tanks as you describe are generally designed to empirical/company standards using flat plate theory. As far as I know there are no standards but there are a number of design approaches for example Bloggett's book has one.

 

[MJCronin]

flum......

I second DSB's comments.

No nationally recognized standard for rectangular containers.... but several company guidelines exist

Consider posting this question in the "Storage tank Engineering" forum.

Regards

-MJC