API Std 650 unanchored liquid-storage tanks minimum roof live load

The API 650 is the American standard for welded flat-bottomed vertical API Std 650 unanchored liquid-storage tanks storage tanks. This standard dictates tank design, manufacture, welding, inspection and installation requirements.

The inner and outer tanks may be decoupled for seismic design of the tank and anchorage and assumed to act independently. However, if the inner and outer tanks API Std 650 unanchored liquid-storage tanks are supported by a common foundation, the seismic foundation loading shall be calculated using the lesser response modification values for either the inner tank or outer tank for both tanks and a dynamic analysis shall be performed to determine the combined effect.
Allowable Stresses: For Appendix R tanks, design allowable stresses shall be per API 620 large low pressure storage tank, Section R.3.3.

With the continuous development of large-scale oil storage tanks, the foundation of API Std 650 unanchored liquid-storage tanks has also continued to grow. Among them, API Std 650 unanchored liquid-storage tanks vertical oil tanks are storage tanks commonly used to store crude oil, diesel, gasoline and other oil materials. This type of storage tank is set up as a cylindrical shape. The bottom of the tank is a circular flat bottom plate, and the load surface of the oil tank is basically horizontal, which can generally be regarded as a uniform load, and has greater flexibility.

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Japan is a typical shipping first, and its raw materials are imported from Oceania, central and South America and other Asian countries. Most of the API Std 650 unanchored liquid-storage tanks steel produced is exported to China and other Asian countries, and a small amount is exported to America. Shipping is the main way of its API Std 650 unanchored liquid-storage tanks steel international transportation. According to the data, steel goods account for about 20% of the total sea freight in Japan. The domestic transportation of Japanese steel is mainly truck.

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