Patent ID: 6012598
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: B65D,F17C

Abstract:
A freight container for transporting a pressurized fluid at a design pressure P to a remote location, said freight container comprising frame means to transmit static and dynamic forces arising out of the lifting, handling, securement, and transporting of the freight container as a whole a tank mounted within the frame means, and devices permitting the transfer of the freight container from one mode of transport to another;the tank being formed of a material having an ultimate tensile strength S.sub.u ;the vessel having a cylindrical shell having an inside radius R.sub.i and a thickness T.sub.sthe thickness T.sub.s being less than:P R.sub.i /((1/4S.sub.u)-0.6 P)and substantially equal to:P R.sub.i /((1/3S.sub.u)-0.5 P).