Frangible Roof Requirements

Emergency relief venting for asts.

Frangible roof requirements.

See figures 7 and 8. A roof to shell joint designed according to api 650 rules is considered to be frangible and in case of excessive internal pressure intended to fail before failure occurs in the tank shell or shell to bottom joint. N accessory buildings below the dfe should be an chored to resist being blown away by high winds or carried away by floodwaters. That is of course if the tanks are built according to the rules for frangible roofs.

The reasoning behind present api design formulas is reviewed. Moreover the api frangible roof design standard has been further limited to tanks having a conical roof where the ratio of rise to run of the roof does not exceed two inches 51mm in twelve. Changes you probably missed. In such tanks the roof to shell joint is intended to fail in the event of overpressurization venting the tank and containing any remaining fluid.

Frangible roof joints by zhi lu b s tianjin university 1982 m s tianjin university 1984 a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree doctor of philosophy department of mechanical engineering college of engineering kansas state university manhattan kansas 66506 1994 approved by. In fact the frangible roof design fulfills the venting requirements due to deflagrations inside tanks for most tank sizes greater than about 35 feet in diameter. 4 2 2 2 when a frangible roof to shell joint is required evaluate for items impacting compliance with requirements under api 650 section 5 10 2 6. No further reproduction or distribution permitted.

The roof slope must not be greater than 1 5 for bsen 14015 and 1 6 for api 650 tanks. N the roof wall and foundation connections in ac cessory buildings should meet the requirements for connections in primary buildings. Frangible roof designs are typically not adequate on tanks under 50 diameter therefore alternate solutions are required. The roof plates must not be welded to the tank roof structure which normally rules out externally stiffened tank roofs from being considered as being frangible.

Siting and design recommendations for swimming pools in coastal areas. The roof plate to curb angle fillet weld must be greater than 5mm.