APPENDIX P
BASIS FOR ESTABLISHING
ALLOWABLE STRESS VALUES
P-1
In the determination of allowable stress values for
pressure parts, the Committee is guided by successful
experience in service insofar as evidence of satisfactory
performance is available. Such evidence is considered
equivalent to test data where operating conditions are
known with reasonable certainty. In the evaluation of
new materials, it is sometimes necessary to be guided
to a certain extent by the comparison of test information
with available data on successful applications of similar
materials.
(a) Nomenclature
STpspecified minimum tensile strength at room
temperature, ksi
RTpratio of the average temperature dependent
trend curve value of tensile strength to the
room temperature tensile strength
SYpspecified minimum yield strength at room
temperature
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RYpratio of the average temperature dependent
trend curve value of yield strength to the
room temperature yield strength
SRavgpaverage stress to cause rupture at the end
of 100,000 hr
SRminpminimum stress to cause rupture at the end
of 100,000 hr
SCpaverage stress to produce a creep rate of
0.01% /1000 hr
NApnot applicable
The maximum allowable stress for Tables ULT-23,
UCI-23, and UCD-23 shall be the lowest value obtained
from the criteria in Table P-1.
The stress criteria, mechanical properties considered,
and the factors applied to establish the maximum allow-
able stresses for other stress Tables are given in Appen-
dix 1 of Section II, Part D.
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CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHING ALLOWABLE STRESS VALUES
Below Room
Temperature Room Temperature and Above

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Tensile Yield Tensile Yield Stress Creep
Product/Material Table Strength Strength Strength Strength Rupture Rate
S T RT 2
Wrought or cast fer- ULT-23 ⁄3 SYRY NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
4
rous and nonferrous

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ST 2 ST 1.1 2 2
Bolting annealed fer- ULT-23 ⁄3 SY S R ⁄3 SY ⁄3 SYRY 0.67 SR avg 0.8 SR min 1.0 SC
4 4 4 T T
rous and nonferrous
ST SY 1 1.1 1 2
Bolting, with strength ULT-23 ⁄ 5 ST S R ⁄4 SY ⁄3 SYRY 0.67 SR avg 0.8 SR min 1.0 SC
5 4 4 T T
enhanced by heat
treatment or strain [Note

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hardening, ferrous (1)]
and nonferrous
0.85 2 0.85 (1.1 ⴛ 0.85) 2 2
Welded pipe or tube, ULT-23 ST ⁄3 ⴛ 0.85 SY ST STRT ⁄3 ⴛ 0.85SY ⁄3 ⴛ 0.85 (0.67 ⴛ 0.85) (0.8 ⴛ 0.85) 0.85 SC
4 4 4
ferrous and non- SYRY SR avg SR min
ferrous or
APPENDIX P — NONMANDATORY

0.9 ⴛ 0.85
SYRY
ST ST 1.1
Cast iron UCI-23 NA S R NA NA NA NA NA
10 10 10 T T

ST 2 ST 1.1 2 2
Nodular iron UCD-23 ⁄3 SY S R ⁄3 SY ⁄3 SYRY NA NA NA
5 5 5 T T

NOTE:
(1) For materials whose strength has been enhanced by heat treatment or by strain hardening, the criteria shown shall govern unless the values are lower than the annealed material, in
which case the annealed values shall be used.
Table P-1