Foundations shell stress

For local loads where a partial ring stiffener is to be used to reduce local stresses, the beam on elastic foundation method provides an ideal method for sizing the partial rings or stiffener plates. The stresses in the shell must then be analyzed by another local load procedure. Shell stresses can be checked by the beam-on-elastic-foundation method for continuous radial loads about the entire circumference of a vessel shell or ring. 

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Large reactors lend themselves well to outdoor installation with four, six, or eight supports resting on a foundation. The support attachment to the shell must be designed carefully to prevent the shear stresses... 

See sections on Stresses in Tower Shell and Foundation Bolts for Self-Supporting Tower. ... 

This issue was addressed in 1979 by McBride and Jacobs. Jacobs was from Fluor in Houston. The principle was to calculate stresses in two distinct areas, membrane and bending. Membrane stresses are based on pressure area times metal urea. Bending is based on AISC beam formulas. The neck-and-shell section (and sometimes the flange as well) is assumed as bent on the hard axis. This is not a beam-on-elastic-foundation calculation. It is more of a brute-force approach. 

If the ground conditions are adequate, an annular foundation is usually laid individual foundations, e.g. pile foundations, are required, the number of pain columns should be kept to a minimum. In this case, it is also advisable to prest the lower shell periphery. The column framework provides the free cross-sec necessary for air intake in the exterior wall and transmits the reaction forces of the cooler shell into the foundation. The construction and installation of the fraction work require great care in order to avoid unnecessary bending stresses in the section. The column cross-section is rectangular or circular the shape may be influence aerodynamic requirements. 

The required thickness of the bottom plate in an API 650 tank is given in Table 13.1. At the shell to-bottom plate junction, the API standard requires a butt-welded annular plate whose thickness varies between 0.25 and 0.75 in. and is a function of the stress and thickness of the first shell course. The width of the annular plate must be adequate to support the column of water on top of it in case of a foundation settlement. By referring to Fig. 13.7,... 

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