API 510 Calculation formula as per ASME VIII Div.

1 and API 510

UG-27 THICKNESS OF SHELLS UNDER UG-34 UNSTAYED FLAT HEADS AND

INTERNAL PRESSURE COVERS

t = PR t = d CP / SE
SE − 0.6P
C = see on figure UG-34
P= SEt
R + 0.6t UG-37 REINFORCEMENT REQUIRED FOR
OPENINGS IN SHELLS AND
FORMED HEADS
UG-28 THICKNESS OF SHELLS AND TUBES
UNDER EXTERNAL PRESSURE
A = d tr
Pa = 4B
3(Do / t ) A1 = d ( t – tr )

UG-32 FORMED HEADS, AND SECTIONS, = 2 ( t + tn ) (t – tr)

PRESSURE ON CONCAVE SIDE
A2 = 5 (tn – trn) t
Ellipsoidal Heads
= 5 (tn – trn) tn
t= PD
2SE − 0.2P
UG-98 MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE WORKING
P= 2SEt PRESSURE
D + 0.2t
P static head = H x 0.433
Torispherical Heads
H = height in feet
t = 0.885PL
SE − 0.1P
UG-99 STANDARD HYDROSTATIC TEST
P= SEt
0.885L + 0.1t
P (hydrotest) = 1.3 x MAWP x ( St / Sd )
Hemispherical Heads
St = stress value S for the test temperature

t = PL Sd = stress value S for the design temperature

2SE − 0.2P

P= 2SEt
L + 0.2t

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API 510 Calculation formula as per ASME VIII Div.1 and API 510

UG-100 PNEUMATIC TEST Corrosion rate (Short Term) =

tprevious – tactual
P (pneumatic) = 1.1 x MAWP x ( St / Sd )
time between tprevious and tactual (years)
St = stress value S for the test temperature

Sd = stress value S for the design temperature

Remaining life =

Appendix 1-1 THICKNESS OF CYLINDRICAL

AND SPHERICAL SHELLS
tactual – trequired
corrosion rate

t = PRo
t required as per Maximum Allowable
SE + 0.4P Working Pressure

P= SEt t = tactual – 2 (Crate x Iinternal)

Ro − 0.4t
Ro = outside radius of the shell course
under consideration
UW-16 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR
ATTACHMENT WELDS AT OPENINGS
Crate = governing corrosion rate in in. (mm) per year.
Iinternal = interval of the next internal or on-stream
inspection in years.
tactual = the actual thickness of a CML, in in. (mm),
measured during the most recent inspection.

Fillet-welded Patches
Fig. UW-16.1(i)

Throat size = 0.707 x leg size d = 4 Rt

d = minimum distance between toes of fillet welds of
t1 + t2 > 1 ¼ tmin. adjacent fillet weld attachments, in in. (mm),
R = the inside radius of the vessel, in in. (mm),
t1 or t2 not less than t = the actual thickness of the underlying vessel
wall, in in. (mm).
the smaller of 1/4 in. (6 mm)
or 0.7tmin.

API 510 Formula

Corrosion rate (Long Term) =

tinitial – tactual
time between tinitial and tactual (years)

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