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Dished head orientation for vessels

05/14/2009 2:52 AM

Vessel orientation

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Re: Dished head orientation for vessels

05/14/2009 3:22 AM

WTF?

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05/14/2009 5:48 AM

Up, yes, deffinitely up.

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05/14/2009 6:51 AM

Not down, then?

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05/14/2009 7:06 AM

Oh... errr, yes, maybe down.

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05/14/2009 9:46 AM

how about to the side? Horizontal tanks.

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05/14/2009 9:53 AM

Nah, they even wrote a song about it...

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05/15/2009 6:47 AM

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Re: Dished head orientation for vessels

05/15/2009 10:41 AM

It depends on what the vessel is used for!

If the content is heavier than air up on the contrary down but only if it is not turning in this lest case the orientation should take care of the resulting acceleration vector.

very complex question requires a lot of thinking!

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