ASME B31.

3 Processing Piping - Required Pressure

Design Wall Thickness for Bends

This application calculates the required thickness for a pipe bend according to ASME B31.1 - 2020 Power piping
paragraph 102.4.5 & 104.1.2(a)

Parameters

Weld joint quality factor E d 1.00

ASME B31.3 Table 302.3.4 j

Coefficient Y Y d 0.4
ASME B31.3 Table 304.1.1

Design temperature (C) temp d 537

Bend radius, measured to pipe R d 762 mm

centerline 1

Material allowable stress (MPa) S d 95 MPa

ASME B31.3 Table A-1M

Pipe outside diameter Dia d 273.05 mm

from pipe
charts
Nominal thickness T d 2.6416 mm
nom
Manufacturing tolerance (%) mil d 12.5

Corrosion allowance C d 0 mm

Depth of threading, grooving or D d 0.063 mm

tgm
machining

A d CC D = 0.063 mm
tgm

Intermal guage pressure P d 1000kPa

Weld joint strength reduction factor 1 temp ! 510.1

ASME B31.3 Cl. 302.3.5 Wd temp K 510
1K otherwise
610

W = 0.956

Pressure Design Thickness Of Connecting Straight Pipe

P$Dia
Pressure design thickness of connecting t d C A = 1.494 mm
straight pipe
m 2$ S$E C P$Y
j

Suggested thickness of pipe before t $1.25 = 1.868 mm

m
bending

100 K mil
Minimum or measured thickness of pipe TdT $ = 2.311 mm
nom 100

"Nominal thickness is ok" TRt

m
= "Nominal thickness is ok"
"Increase nominal thickness" otherwise

Required maximum inside nominal diameter d d Dia K 2$t = 270.062 mm

m
of connecting pipe
Pressure Design Thickness of Bended Pipe

4$R / Dia K 1
1
I at the intrados I d = 1.109
intrados 4$R / Dia K 2
1

4$R / Dia C 1
I at the extrados 1
I d = 0.924
extrados 4$R / Dia C 2
1

I at the sidewall on the bend I d 1.0

s
centerline

P$Dia
Pressure design thickness at t d C A = 1.723 mm
intrados
intrados S$E $W
j
2$ C P$Y
I
intrados

"Nominal thickness is ok" TRt

intrados
= "Nominal thickness is ok"
"Increase nominal thickness" otherwise

P$Dia
Pressure design thickness at t d C A = 1.447 mm
intrados
extrados S$E $W
j
2$ C P$Y
I
extrados

"Nominal thickness is ok" TRt

extrados
= "Nominal thickness is ok"
"Increase nominal thickness" otherwise

P$Dia
Minimim required thickness at side t d C A = 1.560 mm
wall
s S$E $W
j
2$ C P$Y
I
s

"Nominal thickness is ok" TRt

s
= "Nominal thickness is ok"
"Increase nominal thickness" otherwise

Minimum thickness of bend at any point max t ,t , t = 1.723 mm

intrados extrados s