NDLI: Above-Ground Storage Tank Design Project

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Above-Ground Storage Tank Design Project

Content Provider	TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12
Author	Sappington, Emily Taylor, Mila
Copyright Year	2014
Description	In this culminating activity, student groups act as engineering design teams to derive equations to determine the stability of specific above-ground storage tank scenarios with given tank specifications and liquid contents. With their flotation analyses completed and the stability determined, students analyze the tank stability in specific storm conditions. Then, teams are challenged to come up with improved storage tank designs to make them less vulnerable to uplift, displacement and buckling in storm conditions. At this point in the unit, students have learned about Pascal's law, Archimedes' principle, Bernoulli's principle, and why above-ground storage tanks are of major concern in the Houston Ship Channel and other coastal areas. In this culminating activity, student groups act as engineering design teams to derive equations to determine the stability of specific above-ground storage tank scenarios with given tank specifications and liquid contents. With their flotation analyses completed and the stability determined, students analyze the tank stability in specific storm conditions. Then, teams are challenged to come up with improved storage tank designs to make them less vulnerable to uplift, displacement and buckling in storm conditions. Teams present their analyses and design ideas in short class presentations.
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	University of Houston Regents of The University of Colorado
Subject Keyword	Algebra Physics Problem Solving Reasoning and Proof Science and Technology Density Above-ground Storage Tank Mass Pressure Buoyancy Archimedes' Principle Environment Houston Ship Channel Petrochemical Storage Tank Environmental Engineering Fluid Mechanics Pascal's Law Storage Tank Design Petrochemical
Content Type	Text
Time Required	PT3H45M
Education Level	Class IX Class X Class XI Class XII
Pedagogy	Experimental Activity
Resource Type	Hands-on
Subject	Modern Physics Technical

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