ARTICLE NH-1000

NH-1100 Scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
NH-1110 Aspects of Construction Covered by These Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
NH-1120 Temperature and Service Life Limits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
NH-1130 Organization of Subsection NH Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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 ARTICLE NH-1000
INTRODUCTION
NH-1100 SCOPE
NH-1110 ASPECTS OF CONSTRUCTION
COVERED BY THESE RULES
(a) Subsection NH contains rules for materials, de-
sign, fabrication, examination, testing, and overpressure
relief of Class 1 components, parts, and appurtenances
which are expected to function even when metal temper-
atures exceed those covered by the rules and stress
limits of Subsection NB and Tables 2A, 2B, and 4 of
Section II, Part D, Subpart 1.
(b) The rules of Subsection NH are applicable to
Class 1 components independent of the type of contained
fluid — water, steam, sodium, helium, or any other
process fluid.
(c) The stress limits and design rules of Subsection
NB are applicable only to service conditions where creep
and relaxation effects are negligible. Consequently, the
rules of Subsection NB only guard against the time-
independent failure modes — ductile rupture, gross
distortion (buckling and incremental collapse), and fa-
tigue. Therefore, those portions of the component, part,
or appurtenance which are at all times experiencing
temperatures within the range covered by Tables 2A,
2B, and 4 of Section II, Part D, Subpart 1 may be
designed in compliance with the rules of NH-3000 in
Subsection NH, or alternatively, in compliance with
the rules of NB-3000. In addition, the rules of Subsection
NH extend specific rules of NB-3000 to elevated temper-
ature service, provided the designer can demonstrate
that the combined effects of temperature, stress level,
and duration of loading do not introduce significant
creep effects.
(d) At temperatures and loading conditions where
creep effects are significant, the design analysis shall
also consider the time-dependent material properties
and structural behavior by guarding against the four
modes of failure shown below:
(1) ductile rupture from short-term loadings
(2) creep rupture from long-term loadings
(3) creep fatigue failure
(4) gross distortion due to incremental collapse
and ratcheting
Brief guidelines are also provided in Subsection NH
for the three modes of failure shown below:
(5) loss of function due to excessive deformation
(6) buckling due to short-term loadings
(7) creep buckling due to long-term loadings
(e) Design procedures and materials data not con-
tained in Subsection NH may be required to ensure
the integrity or the continued functioning of the struc-
tural part during the specified service life. For example,
the rules do not provide methods to evaluate deteriora-
tion which may occur in service as a result of corrosion,
mass transfer phenomena, radiation effects, or other
material instabilities. Nor do the rules ensure continued
functional performance of deformation-sensitive struc-
tures such as valves and pumps.
NH-1120 TEMPERATURE AND SERVICE
LIFE LIMITS
The rules of Subsection NH shall not be used for
structural parts which will be subjected either to metal
temperatures or to times greater than those values
associated with the Smt data for the specified material
(see Appendix I-14).
NH-1130 ORGANIZATION OF SUBSECTION
NH RULES
In general, the numbering of rules in Subsection NH
follows the numbering system used in Subsection NB.
References to Appendices are to this Subsection unless
otherwise identified.