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06-14-2004, 06:46 PM
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Calculating Gallonage
I was thinging about making a bowfront corner tank but i do not know the formula for calculation the gallonage. I know that the formula of a retanglular tank is lengh in inches times width in inches time height in inches divided by 231 but what is the formula for bow front corner tanks
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06-14-2004, 07:08 PM
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How the heck do you plan on building your own corner bow tank
  Anyway with bow front tanks......Just guess the gallonage. That should be good enough. 
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06-14-2004, 09:06 PM
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I dont want to build one i want it to be custom made. Plus it really wouldnt be that hard you just glue the pieces together like a regualr rectangle tank.
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06-14-2004, 09:09 PM
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06-14-2004, 09:14 PM
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But now my question is answered.
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06-14-2004, 09:30 PM
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Basically you need to break the area calculations down into geometric sections (squares, triangles, circle sections) that you can calculate the area of, then add them all up to get the total area. Multiply that by the height for total volume.
Or you can do what I do. Draw the plan in your handy dandy CAD software and let it calculate the area for you. Saves my head from hurting so much.
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06-14-2004, 09:45 PM
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Wouldn't the volume of the front piece be about half of the volume of the imaginary box it would fit into? Otherwise I would leave it to the manufacturer to worry about volume, I'm sure companies like IA that build bowfronts have a pretty good idea of how large they are.
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06-14-2004, 09:48 PM
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Yes, this is true, but the cost of rocket fuel to get the glass there and back makes it quite uneconomical. 
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06-14-2004, 10:20 PM
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