The design of a failed, large 20 m3 polypropylene storage tank is compared with the recommendations of the German Code of Practice, DVS 2205, to which it allegedly conformed. It is shown that the tank was seriously underdesigned, and that the situation was exacerbated by the introduction of residual tensile in its walls during its manufacture.
Catastrophic failure of a polypropylene tank part II: comparison of the DVS 2205 code of practice and the design of the failed tank
Katastrophaler Bruch eines Polypropylentanks Teil II: Vergleich der Designvorschrift DVS 2205 mit der Konstruktion des gebrochenen Tanks
Engineering Failure Analysis ; 6 , 4 ; 215-232
1999
18 Seiten, 13 Bilder, 5 Quellen
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
Catastrophic failure of a polypropylene tank part I: primary investigation
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