Many kinds of liquids are transported by road and railway. The tanks carrying these liquids are made cylindrical and not cubical. Why is this so? If tanks are made in cube or cuboid, the capacity of the tanks will increase and they can hold more cargo. Even the large tanks used in refineries for holding the petroleum products are cylindrical.
This is because cylinders don’t have corners. Cubes and cuboid have more space, but their corners make them unsuitable for carrying fluid. When carrying liquids under pressure, the stress acting at a corner is more than the stress acting on the sides. Because of this, the stress concentrates more at the corners. And because of this, there are more chances of a tank to buckle or break if they are made cubical. There are fewer chances for cracks in a cylindrical tank than in a cubical tank. Even the ends are made semi-spherical in modern tanker trucks. The LPG cylinders used for cooking are also made cylindrical. This is not to make them roll easily. If you observe closely, you will find that the LPG cylinder is not flat bottomed. It has a false bottom welded to the bottom of the cylinder.
This is why all the tanks transporting liquids are made cylindrical. One more advantage is that the liquids can be easily drained in these tanks.

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It's all because of draining purpose. Liquids can be easily drained in cylindrical tanks

Please can you kindly create a topic for it and enlighten us.

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santakris:
It's all because of draining purpose. Liquids can be easily drained in cylindrical tanks

santakris:
It's all because of draining purpose. Liquids can be easily drained in cylindrical tanks

And how many times have you had to drain the gas in you cylinder at home?
No be everything them dey argue.

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seen this before https://steemit.com/stemng/@greenrun/why-are-tankers-that-haul-liquid-cylindrical-can-t-it-be-say-rectangular

santakris:
It's all because of draining purpose. Liquids can be easily drained in cylindrical tanks

This is just one of the reasons bro, read the full write up. Imagine if the tanks were cubic, at road bends pressure will be greatly exerted on the tanker' wall which will lead to im balance and subsequent breakdown. It's purely safety reasons.....

Balistic4:
seen this before https://steemit.com/stemng/@greenrun/why-are-tankers-that-haul-liquid-cylindrical-can-t-it-be-say-rectangular

..alot people may be getting to know this for the first time

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ThatIgedeBoy:

And how many times have you had to drain the gas in you cylinder at home?
No be everything them dey argue.

Never let the little you know prevent you from knowing the much you don't know - Aps Joshua Selma

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LovesonBlezz:
This is just one of the reasons bro, read the full write up. Imagine if the tanks were cubic, at road bends pressure will be greatly exerted on the tanker' wall which will lead to im balance and subsequent breakdown. It's purely safety reasons.....

You are right. I agree with you 100%

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