My tank is 30" diameter, and 90"' long. I know that it holds 275 gal. but what I would like to do is make a stick with markings on it that would indicate 25, 50, 75, etc. . Obviously the numbers would be further apart on both ends, but by how much. Thanks.
2007-08-29 09:46:45 · 6 answers · asked by KATHERINE W 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
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2007-08-29 10:00:58 · answer #1 · answered by goblin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fuel Tank Measuring Stick
2016-11-12 03:35:57 · answer #2 · answered by warmington 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fuel Measuring Stick
2017-01-05 07:50:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean a horizontal fuel oil tank. That is much harder than if the tank was vertical so that it was a regular cylinder. In that easier case you could just solve the volume formula for the height of the liquid, which is very easy.
Before you put too much effort into solving the horizontal tank equation, let me point out one killer issue. The tank is not cylindrical. It is actually a squashed cylinder designed to take up less room and to fit down your basement stairs. That means that unless you measure very carefully your calculations will always be wrong since you assume a cylinder.
BTW that fuel tank (if it is a standard one) already has a depth gage inserted into a fitting on its top surface. That gage is attached to a float and has a nonlinear scale to tell you the fraction of fuel remaining.
2007-08-29 10:45:53 · answer #4 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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How can I make a measuring stick that shows how many gal left in a fuel tank that is cylindrical.?
My tank is 30" diameter, and 90"' long. I know that it holds 275 gal. but what I would like to do is make a stick with markings on it that would indicate 25, 50, 75, etc. . Obviously the numbers would be further apart on both ends, but by how much. Thanks.
2015-08-16 18:27:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I infer from the question that the cylindrical axis is horizontal. There is a messy formula for figuring out the area of a circle between a secant and the circumference; you can work it out with some help from trigonometry and Pythagoras. The volume in the tank for any liquid height will simply be the product of this area times the length of the tank. You can then run the formula backwards to get the specific heights on your measuring stick for specific gallonages.
2007-08-29 09:58:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Partial volume of horizontal cylinder:
= {r2cos-1[(r - h)/r] - (r - h)(2rh - h2)0.5}L
if you have the actual container. do actual calibration with water.
put 25 gal of water and mark your stick.
2007-08-29 09:59:32 · answer #7 · answered by dbondocoy@yahoo.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋