HEAT TREATMENT REQUIREMENT HEAT TREATMENT REQUIREMENT

DETERMINE FIBER ELONGATION FOR HEAD DETERMINE FIBER ELONGATION AS PER ASME VIII DIV. 1
1) Mark: 2:1 Semi-ellipsoidal head 1) Mark: 2:1 Semi-ellipsoidal head

Material spec.: SA 516 GR 70 Material spec.: SA 516 GR 70

Inside diameter (uncoroded) Di: 400 mm Inside diameter Di: 400 mm
Nominal thickness: tn: 35 mm Nominal thickness: tn: 8 mm
Minimum thickness after forming tm: 7.8 mm Minimum thickness after forming: tm: 7.1 mm
Proportion factor K: 0.1727 Proportion factor (knuckle radius):K: 0.17 0.1727
Original centerline radius: Ro: infinity Proportion factor (crown radius) K: 0.9 0.9045
Making of head: Cold formed Original centerline radius :
head Ro: 364 mm
shell Ro: infinity
Final centerline radius:
2) Calculation : head Rf: 72 mm
shell Rf: 204 mm
Extreme fiber elongation
Rf= (Di * K) + (tn/2)
Rf = (Di * K) + (tn/2) Ro= (Di * K) + (tn/2)
= 86.58 mm

Fiber Elongation (for double curvature) 2) Calculation:

EL = 75 * tn * (1-Rf/Ro)/Rf a) Extreme fiber elongation % for double curvature( for eg, heads)
= 30.319 % < 5%
((75 * tn)/Rf) * (1-(Rf/Ro))
6.684982 %
Therefore, heat treatment not required
b) Extreme fiber elongation % for single curvature( for eg, shell)

((50 * tn)/Rf) * (1-(Rf/Ro))

1.960784 %

c) Reduction thickness % by cold forming as per dwg

((Nom. thk - Min. Thk) / Nom. thk) * 100%

11.25 %

UCS - 79 (d)

Vessel shell section, head, and others pressure boundary part of carbon and low alloy
steel plates fabricated by cold forming shall be heat treated subsequently (see UCS 56)
when the resulting extreme fiber elongation is more than 5% from the as-roll condition.
For P No. 1 Group Nos. 1 and 2 material the extreme fiber elongation may be as great
as 40% when none of the following condition exist.

1) The vessel will contain lethal substances either liquid or gaseous ( see UW-2 ).
2) The material is not exempt from impact testing by the rule of this division or impact
testing is required by the material specification.
3) The thickness of the part before cold forming exceeds 5/8 in. (16mm).
4) The reduction by cold forming from the as roll thickness is more than 10% at any
location where the extreme fiber elongation exceeds 5%.
5) The temperature of the material during forming is in the range of 250oF to 900oF
( 120oC to 480oC).

** Note: Hot forming not required heat treatment because the temperature during
hot forming normally 900oC and they control heating and cooling temperature.
When this method applied it's already part of heat treatment process.