Stress Analysis and Fatigue Evaluation of Shell-to-Footer Plate Joint inLiquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Storage Tanks. Final Topical Report

摘要

The life extension efforts were initiated to gather, evaluate, and provide LNGfacility operators and storage tank designers with information that will help support assurances for long-term structural integrity. For this specific effort, the evaluation of a critical tank element, i.e. the shell-to-footer plate weld was conducted.