Vertical Elliptical Cylinder Tank
Calculate a vertical cylinder tank's volume, capacity, and surface area.
The elliptical cylinder tank looks like a squashed cylinder. This calculator uses inches for measurements.
Approximate weight of Fuel or Water
one US gallon of water = 8.34 pounds. one US gallon of diesel fuel = 7.1 pounds one US gallon of gas = 6 pounds
Vertical Elliptical Tank
Calculator
- enter diameter A of the tank in inches
- diameter B of the tank in inches
- the height of the tank in inches
- the weight of the liquid in pounds per US gallon
Results
- the volume of the vertical elliptical tank in cubic inches
- the volume in cubic feet
- the volume in cubic metres
- the tank capacity in US gallons
- the capacity in Imperial gallons
- the capacity in litres
- full tank liquid weight based on lbs/gal US
- the surface area of the tank in square inches
- the surface area in square feet
- the surface area in square millimetres
- the surface area in square metres
Formula
V = 𝝅HWL/4 where V is the volume 𝝅 = 3.14159265 H is the height of the tank W half of diameter B L half of diameter A
Conversions
one cubic inch (in³) = 0.000578703703703704 cubic feet (ft³) one cubic inch (in³) = 0.000016387064 cubic metres (m³) one cubic inch (in³) = 0.00432900432900432 gallons (gal) US one cubic inch (in³) = 0.00360465014990905 gallons (gal) Imperial one cubic inch (in³) = 0.016387064 litres (L)
