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Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:24 am
I have a vertical tank 64" dia x 80" tall 1,000-gallons, the total tank weight with tank, water and fittings is 8800 lbs. I need to know how many pounds per square foot are exerted on the bottom of the tank. It is going in a parking garage and we need to know for structural purposes.
Thanks.
Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:21 pm
pfirewolf@gmail.com wrote:I have a vertical tank 64" dia x 80" tall 1,000-gallons, the total tank weight with tank, water and fittings is 8800 lbs. I need to know how many pounds per square foot are exerted on the bottom of the tank. It is going in a parking garage and we need to know for structural purposes.
Thanks.
The tank diameter of 64" is 64/12 = 5.33 ft
The area of a circle is (pi/4)*d*d = 3.1416 x 5.33 * 5.33 = 89.4 sq ft.
8800 lb / 89.4 sq ft = 98.5 lb/sq ft.
Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:15 pm
Thank you so much!
Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:30 pm
[quote="Anonymous
The tank diameter of 64" is 64/12 = 5.33 ft
The area of a circle is (pi/4)*d*d = 3.1416 x 5.33 * 5.33 = 89.4 sq ft.
8800 lb / 89.4 sq ft = 98.5 lb/sq ft.[/quote]
Oops, I screwed up. Forgot to divide by 4.
The area is 22.35 sq ft, and loading is 393.7 lb/sq ft.
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