- (a) Tank heads of the inner container, inner container compartments and outer shell must be of approved contour, and may be flanged and dished or ellipsoidal for pressure on concave side.
- (b) Flanged and dished heads must have main inside radius not exceeding 10 feet and inside knuckle radius must be not less than 3 3/4 inches for steel and alloy steel tanks nor less than 5 inches for aluminum alloy tanks.
- (c) Ellipsoidal heads must be an ellipsoid of revolution in which the major axis must equal the diameter of the shell and the minor axis must be one-half the major axis.
[Amdt. 179-9, 36 FR 21341, Nov. 6, 1971]