Extreme Fiber Elongation Calculations [UCS-79]

Must be calculated for both cylinder (single curvature) & heads (double curvature).
. . . . . . . . . .
Shell OD = Outside Diameter of
. . . . 1500 MM
Vessel
. t = Shell Plate Thickness . . . . 13 MM
. D = Shell Inside Diameter . . . . 1474 MM
Rf = Final Centerline Radius = D
. . . . 737 MM
/2
Ro = Original Centerline
. . ( Rf = infinity for flat plate) ∞ .
Radius
. Rf / Ro . . . . . . . .
. % extreme fiber elongation = 50 ( t / Rf )(1 - Rf / Ro) . . 0.8819539 .
OK
. . . . . . . . < 5%

. . . . . . . . . .
Head OD = Outside Diameter of
. . . 1500 MM
Vessel
. t = Head Plate Thickness . . . . 15 MM
D = Inside Diameter of Head
. . . . 1470 MM
Skirt
Rf1 = Knuckle Radius = 0.17 [UG-32(d)]
. . . . 249.9 MM
D

Rf2 = Spherical Radius = 0.90 [UG-32(d)]

. . . . 1323 MM
D
. . . . . . . . . .
. % extreme fiber elongation (knuckle radius) = 75 ( t / Rf 1)(1 - Rf1 / Ro) 4.5018007 .
OK
. . . . . . . . < 5%

% extreme fiber elongation (spherical radius) = 75 ( t / Rf2 )(1 - Rf2 /

. 0.8503401
Ro)
OK
. . . . . . . . < 5%

Note. For cylinders, Rf can be calculated, Rf = (D + t) / 2