Dear All,

Please explain me that, how to calculate the external “sand pressure” on the buried vessel?

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Makrand Pandurang Sakpal,
Static Equipment Design,
makrands9@gmail.com,
Ph no:- 9967949656.

My approach would be

Density of the sand times depth times constant of gravity, just like hydrostatic pressure.
In metric units this works fine.
Example 10m of sand with 4kg/l

4000kg/m³*10m*9.81m/s²= 400000(rounded)Pa = 4 bar.

Every other approach requires a ground-mechanics approach.

DK