UNREINFORCED BELLOWS DESIGN CALCULATION SHEET

(EJMA NINETH EDITION)

Client Name : TRIAD BELLOWS Quotation No. : 123
Enquiry No. : 1 Quantity : 1
Size : 24 Drawing No. : 0
Tag No. : BENCHMARK Date of Calculation : 15/10/2010
Type of Bellows : SINGLE UNREINFORCED Revision No. : 0
PRIME DATA

Nominal Bore Dia : 24.000 NB Bellows Internal Dia : 24.000 in. Bellows Outside Dia : 27.000 in.
Thickness of Plies : 0.030 in. No. of Plies : 2.000 No. of Convolution : 12.000
Pitch of Convolution : 1.000 in. Height of Convolution : 1.440 in. Collar Thickness : 0.000 in.
Collar Length : 1.000 in. Spool Length : --- in. Spool Mass : --- Lb
Straight Face : 0.000 in. Weld Ends Thickness : 0.000 in. Weld Ends Length : 0.000 in.

Design Temperature : 100.000 OF
Axial Movement(Ext) : 0.500 in.
Torsion Rotation : --- Deg
Min. Fatigue Cycle : 1.000
Vibration : No
DESIGN DATA
Design Pressure : 40.000 PSI Design Pres.(Extr) : ---
Axial Movement(Comp) : 1.000 in. Angular Rotation : 5.000 Deg
Lateral Def in Y : 0.060 in. Lateral Def in Z plane : --- in.
plane Safety Factor
Fatigue : 1.000 Weld Factor : 1.000
Annealed Bellows : No Vacuum Condition : No
MATERIAL SPECIFICATION

Bellows : SA 240 GR 304 Collar : Weld Ends :

Below the Creep Range : No Spool : End Fittings :
OUTPUT DATA
S1 : 6,301.11 PSI S'1 : 6,332.57 PSI S2 : 2,802.25 PSI S3 : 494.85 PSI
S4 : 17,976.05 PSI S5 : 667.61 PSI S6 : 105,631.19 PSI Factor (Ku) : ---
Factor (Cp) : 0.73 Factor (Cd) : 1.53 Factor (Cf) : 1.47
Limiting DP on column Instability(Psc) : 98.91 PSI Limiting DP on In plane Instability(Psi) : 106.05 PSI
Yield Strength Value by EJMA (S*y) : 342.00 PSI Yield Strength Value at RT by ASME (Sy) : 49,602.91 PSI
Bellows Allowable Stress at DT by ASME(Sab) : 19,870.17 PSI Modulus of Elasticity at DT (Eb) : 27,412,132 PSI
Bellows Fatigue Cycle Life(Nc) : 88,564.29 Thrust Force at Design Pressure : 20,428.21 Lbs
Axial Spring Rate (Fiu) : 1,111.80 Lb/in Lateral Spring Rate(LSR) : 6,009.34
Angular Spring Rate : 5.28 Axial Movement per Convolution : 0.25 in.
Torsion Spring Rate(TS) : --- Deg Thinning Thickness Due to Forming(Tp) : 0.03 in.
Axial Vibration : --- Hertz Lateral Vibration : --- Hertz
Effective Area(Ae) : 510.71 in^2 Dual Bellows Length (Lu) : --- in.
Single Bellows Length (Lb) : 12.000 in. Over All Length of Bellows Element : --- in.
Over All Length of Bellows Assembly : --- in. Mean Diameter of Bellows (Dm) : 25.50 in.

Above all the values and stresses are safe and acceptable as per EJMA NINETH Edition with respect to temperature,
pressure and movement.