Horizontal Diesel Storage Tank (Saddle supported)

Why don't you get with "Civil" and have them ask their questions now, too?

Locate the saddles at 20-25% and 75-80% along the length of the tank, and submit a drawing to Civil for locating concrete supports.

Here is what I used for early planning of Vessel Nozzle Orientation.

The optimum location for location was two "Zones" at each end of the Vessel.

These "Zones" were located back from each Tangent Line.

The zones were calculated as follows: "D" over (divided by) 4 and "L" over (divided by) 5

"D" is the Diameter of the vessel. "L" is the distance between the two Tangent Lines.

Your "D" over 4 = 550mm (in from each tangent line) Mark a line.

Your "L" over 5 = 1060mm (in from each Tangent line) Mark a line.

The "Optimum Zone" for your Saddles is in the 510mm area between these two lines.

The second line in the above posting should read as follows:

"The optimum location for the saddles is two "Zones" at each end of the Vessel."