SUPPORT OF TANKS IN VESSELS

摘要

The invention regards a system for support of a vertical cargo tank 4, 40 resting on an insulation layer 15 against the hull of a vessel 41. Vertical forces are supported through the base of the tank. Horizontal forces are supported by support point pairs 8. These pairs are designed to direct applied forces generally through the middle of the shell 23 of the tank in order not to apply bending moment to the shell of the tank. The base of the tank is flexible to generally distributed transferring forces from the tank directly to the bottom 7 of the vessel in order not to apply bending moment to the shell of the tank nor to the bottom of the vessel.