tank layout

[boilermaker]

I was told there is a book that has lay outs and equations for building water tanks and alike , does any one know of it and were to get one ? I was told lincoln might have it in there books they sell ?

[Sandy]

Maybe it' this one, I dunno. I'd hate to buy it without knowing for sure. Lincolns materials are all cheap enough for sure.

https://ssl.lincolnelectric.com/lincoln/apdirect/item.asp?prodnum=DWS

https://ssl.lincolnelectric.com/lincoln/apdirect/store.asp?PID=16&cat=8

[Engloid]

I've built many tanks and vessels and never needed any type of program to lay it out. If there's a certain thing you're trying to figure out, I'm sure I or somebody here could help you out with a formula or technique to do it.

[Jammer]

Here are two pocket handbooks that I would highly recommend for any experienced welder/fabricator or novice just starting out in the industry. Both of them have a wealth of information in them.
"The Metal Trades Handbook"
by: Ronald G. Garby and Bruce J. Ashton
published by
IPT Industrial Publishing and Training Consultants LTD.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada


"The Pipe Fitters and Pipe Welders Handbook"
by: Thomas W. Frankland
published by
Glencoe Publishing Co., Inc.
Encino, California and
Collier Macmillan Publishers
London

[boilermaker]

well I am no math genious but there is an equation for how many gallons a tank can be built to useing 3/16s to 1/4 4x8 sheets and I can form the metal but I need a basis for the formula

[boilermaker]

lets say a 4000 to 5000 gallon tank

[blackdoggy]

Try this for your tank sizing http://www.greertank.com/tankcalc.htm

[Ries]

Lindsay
( http://www.lindsaybks.com/ )
Has republished a 1918 book called "Laying Out for Boilermakers", which is 400 or so pages of drawings and calcs for tanks, stacks, boilers, and so on. But its so old that nothing is welded- its all riveted construction.
There might be some of what you want in there, although steel alloys have changed so much, its more a cool history book than a book I would want to use for actual design.

[boilermaker]

thank you ries thats what I was looking for , and buy the way hot riveting was done into the 1960s and i have done a bit of it , and again thank you .

[boilermaker]

the measure ments are what I was after

[MoonRise]

If it's just measurements (dimensions) you are after and not design criteria:

volume of a cylinder = pi x r2 x h

Mind the units to make sure they are consistent.

So, given dimensions in inches and volume in gallons:

V = 3.14159 x r2 x h / 231

that works out to a 12' diameter (use 72 inches as the radius)x 12' high/long cylindrical tank (use 144 inches for that dimenson) is 10,152 gallons. The 231 is a units conversion factor, 231 in3/gallon.

[customfab1]

I need help on figuring out how much material is required to build a square tank that is 57.5 wide 48 long and 21 tall.

[Fegenbush]

I need help on figuring out how much material is required to build a square tank that is 57.5 wide 48 long and 21 tall.

Even though I think this post is sarcasm, I would say that it depends on if you're talking about inches or feet, open top or closed top, vertical or horizontal reinforcement, the list goes on.

[Fegenbush]

well I am no math genious but there is an equation for how many gallons a tank can be built to useing 3/16s to 1/4 4x8 sheets and I can form the metal but I need a basis for the formula

Well, using API-650 (Appendix A) and making the tank from 3/16" thick A36 plate, your tank can be 49 ft 6 in in diameter by 31 ft 6 in to the high water line. That tank would hold approximately 450,000 gallons of water.

I don't know if that's close enough to an answer for you or not.

[clive]

Volume is easier with Imperial gallons, 1cub.ft =6.25 gallons