External Pressure - Shell

AD 2000-Merkblatt B 6
- Material = 20MnMoNi4-5
- Steel number = 1.6311
- External pressure p = 0.0513 MPa
= 0.0513 x 10
= 0.513 bar
- Design temperature T = 100 °C
- Design length L = 35100 mm
- Element diameter Da = 2698 mm
- Actual wall thickness se = 37 mm
- Corrosion allowance c1 = 8 mm
- Checked thickness se-c1-c2 = 37 - 8
= 29 mm
- Design strength value K = 448 MPa
at design temperture
- Safety factor at design S = 1.6
temperature
- Allowable stress K / S = 448 / 1.6
= 280 MPa
- Modulus of elasticity E = 206000 MPa
- Poisson's ratio ν = 0.3

AD 2000 - Merkblatt, B6 - Cylindrical Shell Subjected to External Pressure

7.2 Design calculations for elastic buckling
Z = 0.5 x (π x Da)/L
= 0.5 x ( π x 2698 ) / 35100
= 0.121
3 2 0.25
n = 1.63 x {Da /[L x (se - c1 - c2) ] }
= 1.63 x ( 2698 ^ 3 / ( 35100 ^ 2 x 29 ) ) ^ 0.25
= 1.404
~ 2
SK = 3
p1 = (E/SK) x {20/ [ (n2 - 1) x [1 + (n/Z)2]2 ] x ( se - c1 - c2 ) / Da +
80 / [ 12 x ( 1 - ν2) ] x [n2 - 1 + ( 2 x n2 - 1 - ν ) / (1 + (n / Z ) 2 ) ] x
[ ( se - c1 - c2 ) / Da ]3 }
= ( 206000 / 3 ) x ( 20 / ( ( 2 ^ 2 - 1 ) x ( 1 + ( 2 / 0.121 ) ^ 2 ) ^ 2 ) x 29 / 2698 +
80 / ( 12 x ( 1 - 0.3 ^ 2 ) ) x ( 2 ^ 2 - 1 + ( 2 x 2 ^ 2 - 1 - 0.3 ) / ( 1 + ( 2 /
0.121 ) ^ 2 ) ) x ( 29 / 2698 ) ^ 3 )
= 1.954 bar

7.2 Design calculations for plastic buckling

Ratio Da / L = 2698 / 35100 = 0.077
Da / L ≤ 5, para 7.3.1, Equation (4) is applicable
u = 1.500 %
p2 20 x K/S x ( se - c1 - c2 ) / Da x 1 / (1 + ( 1.5 x u x ( 1 - 0.2 x D a/L ) x Da ) / 100 x (se - c1 - c2) )
= 20 x 280 x 29 / 2698 x ( 1 / ( 1 + ( 1.5 x 1.5 x ( 1 - 0.2 x 0.077 ) x 2698 ) / ( 100 x 29 ) ) )
= 19.664 bar

Allowable pressure
pmax = Min( p1, p2)
= Min( 1.954, 19.664 )
= 1.954 bar
= 1.954 / 10
= 0.195 MPa
pmax ≥ p, the design thickness se is sufficient.
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