The fiberglass tank packaged system must be structurally designed to withstand the conditions of the application. For underground applications, conditions such as groundwater, traffic loads, or site constraints can create extremely challenging conditions.
With every fiberglass tank, there are three main components on the engineering side of the project:
- Structural Calculations including finite element calculations for sidewall, bottom, and top load conditions
- Buoyancy Calculations are also inclusive for any wet well design, based on confirmed field conditions or assumptions of flooded conditions to finish grade, without the use of added field concrete for structural support of the bottom
- Full Submittal Package including detailed and scaled drawings of the fiberglass tanks and all components