Storage Tanks
Above Ground PE Tank and Exoskeleton
The client engaged Clark Engineers
for structural engineering support for the redesign of their product line due to
past failures. The structure is a plastic tank inside a portable steel exoskeleton.
There is gap between the tank and the exoskeleton which allows the tank to
deform slightly. The tank was designed for the applied internal loads, creep and
allowed for the aforementioned deformation. Both the tank and the exoskeleton
were optimized to reduce for the varying to provide best cost-performance
option.
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