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Pressure Vessel Engineering Ltd.

Finite Element Analysis ASME Code Calculations

Canadian Vessel Registration Vessel Modeling and Drafting

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Nozzle Design Tool ver E4.01

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Nozzle Description

Shell Inputs:
SA-240 304 Material
20,000 Sv [psi] - allowable stress
1.00 E1 - efficiency of shell at nozzle
24.000
0.204
0.125
0.015

Ds [in] - inside diameter of shell

nt [in] - nominal shell wall thickness
Treq [in] - required shell wall thickness
sca [in] - head or shell corrosion allowance

Nozzle Inputs:
SA-312 304 Material
20,000 Sn [psi] - allowable stress
1.00 E - nozzle efficiency
4.000
0.160
1.000
1.000
0.015
12.5%
150.0

Do [in] - outside diameter of nozzle

Nwall [in] - nominal wall thickness of nozzle
Lp [in] - exterior projection of nozzle
Ip [in] - interior projection of nozzle
nca [in] - nozzle corrosion allowance
UTP [%] - undertolerance allowance
Pn [psi] - interior pressure

0.500 Leg41 [in] - fillet size

0.500 Leg43 [in] - fillet size
Variables:
UT [in] =
Rn [in] =
tn [in] =
ti [in] =
d [in] =
h [in] =
fr1 =
fr2 =

Nwall*UTP
Do/2 - (Nwall-nca) + UT
Nwall-nca
Nwall-2*nca
Do-2*tn
MIN(Ip-sca,2.5*nt,2.5*ti)
MIN(Sn/Sv,1)
MIN(Sn/Sv,1)

0.16*0.1 =
4/2 - (0.16-0.015) + 0.02 =
0.16-0.015 =
0.16-2*0.015 =
4-2*0.145 =
MIN(1-0.015,2.5*0.204,2.5*0.13) =
MIN(20000/20000,1) =
MIN(20000/20000,1) =

0.020
1.875
0.145
0.130
3.710
0.325
1.000
1.000

Required Thickness: UG-27(c)(1,2)

TreqN [in] = (Pn*Rn)/(Sn*E - 0.6*Pn)+nca ~~ required minimum thickness
(150*1.875)/(20000*1 - 0.6*150)+0.015 = 0.029
CheckTreqN = TreqN <= Nwall
0.029 <= 0.16 = Acceptable
Minimum thickness per UG-45 [in] =

Acceptable 0.140

Area Replacement:
Ar [in^2] = 1*d*Treq*1+2*tn*Treq*1*(1-fr1) ~~ required Area
1*3.71*0.125*1+2*0.145*0.125*1*(1-1) =
A1 [in^2] = max(d, 2*(nt+tn))*(E1*nt-1*Treq)-2*tn*(E1*nt-1*Treq)*(1-fr1)
MAX(3.71, 2*(0.204+0.145))*(1*0.204-1*0.125)-2*0.145*(1*0.204-1*0.125)*(1-1) =
A2 [in^2] = min((tn-trnR)*fr2*Min(5*nt,2*Lp) , (tn-trnR)*fr2*Min(5*tn,2*Lp))
MIN((0.145-0.014)*1*MIN(5*0.204,2*1) , (0.145-0.014)*1*MIN(5*0.145,2*1)) =
A3 [in^2] = Min(5*nt*ti*fr2,5*ti*ti*fr2,2*h*ti*fr2)
MIN(5*0.204*0.13*1,5*0.13*0.13*1,2*0.325*0.13*1) =

0.464
0.293
0.095
0.085

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A41 [in^2] =
A43 [in^2] =
Aa [in^2] =
CheckA =

Leg41^2*fr2
(Leg43-nca)^2*fr2
A1+A2+A3+A41+A43 ~~ actual area
Aa >= Ar ~~ check area replacement

0.5^2*1 =
(0.5-0.015)^2*1 =
0.293+0.095+0.085+0.25+0.235 =
0.958 >= 0.464 =

The UG-16(b) minimum thickness requirement has not been taken into consideration here.
The required weld size is not checked on this sheet
This sheet cannot be used to check for allowable exterior pressure loads.
This sheet is for educational use only - use at your own risk.

Pressure Vessel Engineering Ltd.

120 Randall Drive, Suite B
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2V 1C6
www.pveng.com (519) 880-9808

0.250
0.235
0.958
Acceptable