[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR179.100-16]



[Page 1040-1041]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 179_SPECIFICATIONS FOR TANK CARS--Table of Contents

 

 Subpart C_Specifications for Pressure Tank Car Tanks (Classes DOT-105, 

                         109, 112, 114 and 120)

 

Sec. 179.100-16  Attachments.



    (a) Reinforcing pads must be used between external brackets and 

shells if the attachment welds exceed 6 linear inches of \1/4\-inch 

fillet or equivalent weld per bracket or bracket leg. When reinforcing 

pads are used, they must not be less than one-fourth inch in thickness, 

have each corner rounded to a 1-inch minimum radius, and be attached to 

the tank by continuous fillet welds except for venting provisions. The 

ultimate shear strength of the bracket-to-reinforcing pad weld must not 

exceed 85 percent of the ultimate shear strength of the reinforcing pad-

to-tank weld.



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    (b) Attachments not otherwise specified shall be applied by approved 

means.



[29 FR 18995, Dec. 29, 1964. Redesignated at 32 FR 5606, Apr. 5, 1967, 

and amended by Amdt. 179-10, 36 FR 21346, Nov. 6, 1971]