Design of Pressure Vessel &

Piping
MATHEW JOHN
Assistant Professor
Dept of Mechanical Engg
Govt. Engineering College Barton Hill
Thiruvananthapuram-35



Module III
Buckling Phenomena
Buckling instability can occur at stresses well below elastic
limit/Y.S
When the compressive force approaches a critical value-
complete failure
Here the elastic deflections are not proportional to the loads
Importance is to find the critical collapse/ buckling load

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Differential equation for the deflection curve for a thin circular
ring
Elastic buckling of circular ring and cylinders
under external pressure

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Collapse of thick walled cylinders or tubes
under external pressure
Effect of supports on elastic buckling of cylinders

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How to address ?
1. Cylinders with ring stiffners
2. ASME design Criteria ()
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Factor A

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Factor B

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From Factor B we can determine the
allowable working pressure
The above charts and eqns for FoS : 4
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For FoS : 3
Buckling under combined external pressure
and axial loading ()
1. Interaction method


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Control and significance of Fracture
Mechanics in Vessel

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Paris Eqn
Finite Element Method Application ( Ref: Berdner)
Displacement method ()
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Piping- Flow diagram, piping layout and piping
stress analysis
Ref : Chemical Process Equipment - Selection and Design (by Stanley) Ch-2
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ASME B31 pressure piping codes
ASME B 16 Dimensional codes
ASME B36 piping components
standards
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Qns

SIF,SCF,FT
FEM displacement methods
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