(ME38) API 650 Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage

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Part 1: Design, Fabrication, Erection, Testing, and Inspection

General data
Thin-walled cylinder and application to tank design
API 650 Fundamentals
Section 1; Scope
Section 4: Materials
o Plates
o Heat treatments of plates
o Impact test require
o Sheets
o Flanges, bolts
Section 5; Design
o Welding joints for shell, roof, bottom
o Top angle joints
o Tank external pressure
o ASCE 7 for wind loading calculations
o Bottom plates and annular plates
o Shell design, one-foot method
o Shell openings
o Manholes and nozzles
o Reinforcement of opening
o Stress relieving requirements for openings
o Flush-type openings
o Shell attachments and tank appurtenances
o Roof manholes
o Roof venting
o Platforms, walkways, and stairways
o Stiffening rings and wind girders
o Roof design
o Conditions for frangible roof
o Self-support cone roof and dome roof
o Wind load on tanks
Section6; Fabrication
o Finish of plate edges
o Shaping requirements of shell plates
Section 7: Erection, inspection, and testing
o General requirements of welding
o Details of welding
o Welding bottom, shell, and roof
o Water filling
o Tank elevation and settlement measurements
o Testing of roof
o Plumpness testing of shell
o Peaking and banding testing
 Section 8: Methods of Inspecting Joints
o Radiographic method (RT)
o Magnetic particle examination (MT)
o Ultrasonic examination (UT)
o Liquid penetrant examination (PT)
o Visual examination (VT)
o Vacuum testing
Section 9 Welding procedure and welder qualifications
o Impact test requirements

Part 2: Appendices A, C, F, H, I, L, and M

Appendix A: Optional Design Basis for Small Tanks

o Application of Appendix A
o Sizes and capacities of small tanks
o Shell plate thickness
o Materials
o Design
o Tank joints
Appendix C: External Floating Roofs
o Materials
o Design
o Joints
o Deck design
o Pontoon design
o Ladders
o Roof drains
o Vents
o Roof seals
Appendix F: Design of Tanks for Small Internal pressures
o Limit of design pressure
o Uplift forces
o Roof details
o Calculations of maximum design pressure for constructed tanks
o Design pressure limited by uplift
o Pressure limits when tank size increases
o Pressure testing of tanks
o Calculated failure pressure
Wind load on Tanks
o Calculation of tank stability under wind and pressure
Appendix H: Internal Floating Roofs
o Types of internal floating roofs
o Metallic pan type roofs
o Metallic open-top bulk-headed type
o Metallic pontoon type roofs
o Metallic double-deck type
o Metallic sandwich-panel/composite type roofs
Hybrid internal floating roofs
o Materials
o Preventing static electricity hazard
 o Roof design
o Roof seals
o Vents
o Initial floatation
Appendix I: Undertank Leak Detection and Subgrade Protection
Appendix L: Tank Datasheets
Appendix M: Requirements of Tanks
Operating at Elevated Temperatures
o Scope
o Thermal effects
o Modifications in stress and thickness
o Tank bottoms

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