Input

1 Diameter of Pipe Shell, D

2 Thickness of pipe Shell, t
3 Length b/w Supports (Centre to Centre), L
4 Head above bottom of pipe, h
5 Height of Stiffner ring, hr
6 Thickness of Stiffner ring
7 Area of Stiffner ring
8 Weight of Pipe shell per unit of area
9 Unit weight of fluid flowing in pipe
10 Contact width of circular girder ring of rectangular c/s
Maximum Combined stress
fr

10437 PSI

Combined longitudinal stress (for free-end beam condition)

fL

6730 PSI

Maximum rim-bending stress in the shell due to internal pressure

fbo

9920 PSI

Total Combined Longitudinal Shell Stress

f

16650 PSI

Metric Units

entre), L

3048 mm

6 mm

18288 mm

30480 mm

311 mm

25 mm

ea

g of rectangular c/s

7903.2 m2

5.75E-04 N/mm2

9.82E-05 N/mm2

71.98 N/mm2

free-end beam condition)

46.42 N/mm2

e shell due to internal pressure

68.42 N/mm2

114.83 N/mm2

25 m