192 Pressure Vessel Design Manual
PROCEDURE 3-14
DESIGN OF BASE DETAILS FOR VERTICAL VESSELS #1
[5, 10, 14, 18, 191
Notation
Ab = required area of anchor bolts, in.2
Bd = anchor bolt diameter, in.
B, = allowable bearing pressure, psi (see
Table 3-35)
b, =bearing stress, psi
C =compressive load on concrete, lb
d = diameter of bolt circle, in.
db =diameter of hole in base plate of compres-
sion plate or ring, in.
FLT = longitudinal tension load, Ib/in.
F L C = longitudinal compression load, lb/in.
F b = allowable bending stress, psi
F, = allowable compressive stress, concrete, psi
(see Table 3-35)
F, = allowable tension stress, anchor bolts, psi
(see Table 3-33)
F, = minimum specified yield strength, psi
fh =bending stress, psi
f, = compressive stress, concrete, psi
f, = equivalent tension stress in anchor bolts,
psi
Mb = overturning moment at base, in.-lb
M, = overturning moment at tangent line, in.-lb
M,=unit bending moment in base plate,
circumferential, in.-lbhn.
M, =unit bending moment in base plate, radial,
in.-lb/in.
H = overall vessel height, ft
6 =vessel deflection, in. (see Procedure 44)
M, =bending moment per unit length in.-lbhn.
N = number of anchor bolts
n = ratio of modulus of elasticity of steel to con-
crete (see Table 3-35)
P = maximum anchor bolt force, lb
PI =maximum axial force in gusset, lb
E =joint efficiency of skirt-head attachment
weld
R,=root area of anchor bolt, in.2 (see
Table 3-32)
r = radius of bolt circle, in.
W,, =weight of vessel at base, lb
W, =weight of vessel at tangent line, lb
w = width of base plate, in.
Z1 = section modulus of skirt, in.3
St = allowable stress (tension) of skirt, psi
S, =allowable stress (compression) of skirt, psi
G = width of unreinforced opening in shrt, in.
C,,CT,J,Z,K = coefficients (see Table 3-38)
y1,yZ = coefficients for moment calculation in com-
pression ring
S = code allowable stress, tension, psi
E l = modulus of elasticity, psi
t, = equivalent thickness of steel shell which
represents the anchor bolts in tension, in.
T = tensile load in steel, lb
u = Poisson’s ratio, 0.3 for steel
B = code allowable longitudinal compressive
stress, psi