Tank Calculation

[JohnLIreland]

Anyone any idea how to calculate the volume of the dish (the tun) at the bottom of a 16 tonne bulk liquid tank? Tank has a diameter of 2.1m and the depth of the tun is 0.29m.

[YvonneM]

http://grapevine.abe.msstate.edu/~fto/tools/vo l/cylinder.html

Look at this

[JohnLIreland]

Thanks for that - but that's the easy bit to calculate. I'm after the equation for the bit that would go under the cylinder, the bowl that would make the bottom of the tank. There are other shapes on that website but they're not right for this application either as they rely on the bowl being a half sphere which this tank isn't.

[YvonneM]

Do you have the manufacturer's name I am sure they will be able to give you the information you need

[jake-the-peg]

see volume of a cap here:
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/formulas/faq. sphere.html

r1 is 1.05m
h=.29

I make it 0.515 cubic meters but you might want to check my arithmetic