AMETANK 2025: The Authoritative Suite for Global Storage Tank Engineering
AMETANK 2025 is the industry-preeminent software suite dedicated to the complete engineering lifecycle of aboveground, welded steel storage tanks. It provides a rigorous, code-compliant digital environment for the design of new tanks and the fitness-for-service assessment of existing tanks, strictly adhering to the latest editions of API Standard 650 (Welded Tanks for Oil Storage), API Standard 653 (Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction), EN 14015, and relevant sections of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. This software is the indispensable tool for engineers, inspectors, and fabricators who require mathematical certainty in ensuring the safety, integrity, and regulatory compliance of critical liquid storage infrastructure in the oil & gas, petrochemical, water, and power industries.
Core Philosophy: Engineering Certainty Through Automated Code Compliance
AMETANK 2025 transforms complex, manual code calculations—which are prone to human error—into a fast, reliable, and fully documented automated process. It embeds decades of tank engineering expertise and the exact logic of industry standards into its calculation engines, ensuring that every design assumption, safety factor, and load case is evaluated correctly. This allows engineers to focus on optimizing designs and making informed decisions, rather than manually verifying pages of calculations.
Comprehensive Module Overview & Key Capabilities:
1. New Tank Design (API 650, EN 14015)
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Shell Course Optimization: Automatically calculates the required thickness for each shell course based on product specific gravity, design liquid level (including seismic sloshing wave), and material allowances, ensuring an economical and safe design.
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Detailed Roof & Bottom Design: Designs self-supported and column-supported cone roofs, frangible roof joints, and tank bottoms with annular plates. Performs rigorous stability checks for external pressure (vacuum).
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Advanced Load Analysis:
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Wind Load Analysis: Calculates required intermediate and top wind girder sizes per code methods.
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Seismic Analysis: Performs rigorous seismic evaluation per API 650 Appendix E (including convective and impulsive masses), assessing shell overturning stability, anchorage requirements, and hydrodynamic hoop stresses.
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2. Tank Integrity & Lifecycle Management (API 653)
This module is critical for extending the safe operating life of existing assets.
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Minimum Thickness & Safe Fill Height: Determines retirement thickness for corroded shell and bottom plates and calculates the safe maximum liquid level based on current ultrasonic thickness survey data.
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Comprehensive Settlement Evaluation: Analyzes the impact of foundation settlement—including edge settlement, bottom settlement, and out-of-plane deflection—on structural integrity and provides acceptance criteria per API 653 Appendix B.
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Alteration & Repair Assessment: Evaluates proposed repairs (e.g., patch plates, welded inserts) and major alterations to ensure they meet code requirements.
3. Detailed Component & Nozzle Analysis
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Nozzle & Opening Reinforcement: Performs detailed checks for nozzle connections per API 650 and ASME Section VIII, Division 1 rules, ensuring adequate reinforcement against pressure loads.
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Anchorage & Foundation Design: Designs anchor bolts and chairs to resist seismic overturning moments and wind uplift forces.
4. Professional Reporting & Global Standard Support
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Audit-Ready Calculation Reports: Generates exhaustive, step-by-step calculation reports that document every input, code reference, formula, and intermediate result. These are essential for client approval, third-party review, and regulatory audits.
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Multi-Standard & Material Database: Supports a global workflow with pre-loaded material databases for worldwide steel grades and compliance with major international standards.
