Publication detail

The Reliability Analysis of Welded Tanks for Oil Storage

KALA, Z.

Original Title

The Reliability Analysis of Welded Tanks for Oil Storage

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

Large cylindrical steel storage tanks are very thin shell structures of shape and design layout, which ideally meet requirements. Standards EEMUA 159 and API 653 specify the minimum wall thickness of the sheet metal of cylindrical tanks. A storage tank is considered reliable if the wall thickness is higher than the minimum thickness listed in standards. This article aims to determine the failure probability of real crude oil tanks. The material and geometrical characteristics of the steel storage tank are considered as random quantities. The Latin hypercube sampling simulation method will be used for probability evaluation. Methods of standards EEMUA 159 and API 653 will be verified using probabilistic approaches.

Keywords

Crude Oil, Steel, Plate, Tank, Course, Shell, Stress, Thickness, Reliability, Safety

Authors

KALA, Z.

RIV year

2015

Released

1. 1. 2015

Location

Wroclaw, Polsko

ISBN

978-1-138-02681-0

Book

Safety and Reliability: Methodology and Applications, ESREL 2014

Pages from

2249

Pages to

2254

Pages count

6

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT114236,
  author="Zdeněk {Kala}",
  title="The Reliability Analysis of Welded Tanks for Oil Storage",
  booktitle="Safety and Reliability: Methodology and Applications, ESREL 2014",
  year="2015",
  pages="2249--2254",
  address="Wroclaw, Polsko",
  isbn="978-1-138-02681-0"
}