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API 650 App. P - Allowable External Loads On Tank Shell Openings
Revision 1 - October 17, 1995
INPUT DATA:
R +ML
t +FR
2a
S Z
L
Y
+MC
UNITS
{English = 0 , Metric = 1} : 0
Nominal Tank Rad (R) = 1362 in Modulus of Elasticity (E) = ####### psi
o
Design Specific Gravity (G) = 0.96 Change in Tank Temp. (Delta T) = 55 F
Max. Allow. Tank Fill Height (H) = 587.99 in Internal Design Pressure = 0 psi
o o
Design Temperature (T) = 125 F Thermal Expansion Coef. = 2.82E-06 in/in- F
of the Shell ( α ) See Table P-1
Nozzle : 42 #150
L= 42.36 in
Y= 0 in {Enter as 0 if there is no reinforcement on shell}
Z= 0 in {Enter as 0 if there is no reinforcement on shell}
S= 0 in {Enter as 0 if there is no reinforcement on shell}
t= 1.248 in
2a= 42 in
No. of Load Cases = 2 {Enter 0 if no load cases are being considered, 3 cases maximum}