What are the precautions for installing a tower on a ship?
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A tower is now being designed, a tapered tower with diameters of 2.2 and 1.4 meters, and a height of around 13 meters. There is a heat exchanger at the top of the tower; what considerations should be taken into account during design? As long as you are on a ship, there is motion, with vertical, horizontal, and longitudinal accelerations! How should the accelerations in these three directions be taken into account? Can simply increasing the anchor bolts solve this issue? I hope some experts can help! :D
It should belong to mobile pressure vessels.
Take a look at the equipment on FPSOs; there are even more devices on those ships.
A spaceship? Something like Tiangong, I guess: lol
The equipment on ships is designed as lifting blocks; there is no such thing as a \"foundation bolt\" on board – instead, it’s the deck that serves that purpose. The equipment on ships is usually installed within these lifting blocks, which have legs that connect them to the deck. Additionally, a large ship may tilt by 20° from side to side, and perhaps by 10° from front to back. This requires proper calculations, which I don’t understand. Marine pressure vessels may need to go through approval by classification societies, as they fall outside the scope of regulations related to regular pressure vessel inspections. Working in the field of chemical engineering design isn’t easy – it requires specialized knowledge. At sea, the conditions are different, with varying stresses on instruments and pipelines. The performance of towers on ships also can’t compare to that on land. If you manage to accomplish this, let me know how you did it
Vertical containers installed on offshore platforms or ships are generally not secured using anchor bolts; instead, the base ring is continuously welded to the surrounding structural supports.
How should oscillations and forces in various directions be taken into account in the calculations?
The three-dimensional acceleration of the ship’s hull is taken into account as an impact load based on a certain percentage.