ASME Code, Section VIII, Division 1, does not specifically provide for design of vessels in cyclic service.

Although considered beyond the scope of this text as well, the designer must be aware of conditions that would require a fatigue analysis to be made. When a vessel is subject to repeated loading that could cause failure by the development of a progressive fracture, the vessel is in cyclic service. ASME Code, Section VIII, Division 2, has established specific criteria for determining when a vessel must be designed for fatigue. It is recognized that Code formulas for design of details, such as heads, can result in yielding in localized regions. Thus localized stresses exceeding the yield point may be encountered even though low allowable stresses have been used in the design. These vessels, while safe for relatively static conditions of loading, would develop progressive fracture after a large number of repeated loadings due to these high localized and secondary bending stresses. It should be noted that vessels in cyclic service require special consideration in both design and fabrication. Fatigue failure can also be a result of thermal variations as well as other loadings. Fatigue failure has occurred in boiler drums due to temperature variations in the shell at the feed water inlet. In cases such as this, design details are of extreme importance. Behavior of metal under fatigue conrlltions vanes significantly from normal stress-strain relationships. Damage accumulates during each cycle of loading and develops at localized regions of high stress until subsequent repetitions finally cause visible cracks to grow, join, and spread. Design details play a major role in eliminating regions of stress raisers and discontinuities.