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ASME 8 Div 1 Appendix 1

Section 1.4 f Dished Heads
With ts/L < 0.002
ASME 8 Division 1:- Torispherical Ends To UG32 and Appendix 1.4
P := 0.2

Design Pressure Mpa

(Note:- 1 Mpa = 1 N/mm^2)

D := 3000

Inside Diameter mm

r := 200

Knuckle Radius mm

L := 2450

Spherical Radius mm

t := 3.4

Min Required Thickness After forming mm

S := 138

Design Stress Mpa

Sy := 165.2

Yield Strength at max design temp Mpa

ET := 184590

Youngs Modulus At Temperature Mpa

E := 1

Joint Factor

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L

3 +

M :=

M = 1.625

tmin :=

P L M

tmin = 2.885 mm

2 S E 0.2 P

if tmin < t , "Acceptable Calculation" , "Head Too Thin"

t
L

) = "Acceptable Calculation"

= 0.001

Additional rules for thin heads

C1 := if

> 0.08 , 0.692

r
D

t/L < 0.002

+ 0.605 , 9.31

t
Se := C1 ET
r
r

> 0.08 , 1.46 2.6

0.086

C1 = 0.535
3

Se = 1.678 10

C2 := if

r
D

r
D

, 1.25

C2 = 1.25

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ASME 8 Div 1 Appendix 1

Section 1.4 f Dished Heads
With ts/L < 0.002
3

a := 0.5D r

a = 1.3 10

b := L r

b = 2.25 10

:= acos

:=

= 0.955

L t )

= 0.456

c := if < ,

, a
( cos( ) )

c = 1.48 10

Re := c + r

Pe :=

Py :=

Re = 1.68 10
Se t

Pe = 0.849

Re
C2 Re 0.5 1
r

Sy t

Py = 0.084

Re
C2 Re 0.5 1
r

Pck := if

Pe

Pck := if

Pe

Py

Py

1 , 0.6 Pe , 0.408 Py + 0.192 Pe

Pck = 0.197

> 8.29 , 2.0 Py, Pck

Pck = 0.167

Maximum Design Pressure P

Pck
Pmax :=
1.5

if P < Pmax , "Acceptable Calculation" , "Head Too Thin"

Pmax = 0.1114

Mpa

) = "Head Too Thin"

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