tanker - volume (box)

The Volume of Box Container calculator         Box Container computes the volume of box shaped container (truck, trailer, box car)

INSTRUCTIONS: Choose units and enter the following:

• (l) - length
• (w) - width
• (h) - height

Volume of a Rectangular Container (V): The calculator will return the volume in cubic meters.  However, this can be automatically converted to other volume units (e.g. gallons, liters, cubic feet) via the pull-down menu

The Math

 Geometrically, this is a box with four rectangular sides and all 90^o angles.
           CONTAINER SHAPES         Conic Cylinder           Capsule Shaped             Box Container               Spherical Tank

Other Container Calculators

For similar calculations with other shaped containers, click on the following:

• Volume of a Conic Cylinder 
• Load Weight of a Conic Cylinder 
• Volume of a Capsule (Spherocylinder)
• Load Weight of a Capsule (Spherocylinder)
• Total or Partial Volume  of a Box (Rectangular).  For the partial volume, simply use the depth of substance in the container instead of the total depth of the container.
• Total or Partial Load Weight of a Box (Rectangular).  For the weight of a partial load, simply use the depth of substance in the container instead of the total depth of the container.
• Volume of a Spherical Container
• Total or Partial Load Weight of a Spherical Container. For the total load weight, simply indicated the same value for the measure depth (D) of the substance to equal twice the radius (R) of the container.  (See diagram)
• The mean density of many substances, CLICK HERE.

The Mean Density of many substances (metals, mineral, chemicals, gases, woods, agricultural products, liquids and types of earths) can be looked up by CLICKING HERE.
Or you can see these formulas and other useful measurements all combined in one TRUCKING calculator.