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Storage Tank Stairs Design

02/04/2011 12:08 AM

1.How to calculate no of steps for a storage tank .Can anyone provide complete details

2.I have to adjust steps in a 60deg for a storage tank with some height.Height of steps is 250 and I have to provide platforms in between.

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Re: storage tank stairs design

02/04/2011 12:58 AM

Number of steps = height of tank wall ÷ height of individual step.

Then it depends on what the local codes require or permit as good stair practice.

What does the 60° refer to? The slope of the stairs (an undesirable choice), or how far they can wrap around the tank? The height is 250 what?

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Re: storage tank stairs design

02/04/2011 6:32 AM

250 height is height of individual steps.my tank is circular and i want for circular stairs.these stairs completes in 60 deg of tank.

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02/04/2011 9:45 AM

That really cleared everything up nicely.

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02/04/2011 1:59 PM

Divide the circumference of the tank by 6 to yield the horizontal distance or run you will have available in 60 degrees of tank circumference. as #1 said divide the height by 250 to get the number of steps. divide the run by number of steps to find tread width. use the same units for measurements.

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02/04/2011 3:36 PM

If the vertical step-to-step rise is 250mm, the horizontal step-to-step tread should be about 190mm. (There are various guideline formulas, but I don't know if any of them are strictly mandated.) You still haven't said how tall the tamk is.

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