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Run area replacement calculations on ASME VIII-1 nozzles WITHOUT repads. Internal pressure only!

Nozzle Design Tool ver E5.03

Nozzle Description

Shell Inputs:
SA-240 304 Material

20,000 Sv [psi] - allowable stress

1.00 E1 - efficiency of shell at nozzle

0.204 nt [in] - nominal shell wall thickness

0.125 Treq [in] - required shell wall thickness

0.015 sca [in] - head or shell corrosion allowance

Nozzle Inputs:
SA-312 304 Material

20,000 Sn [psi] - allowable stress

1.00 E - nozzle efficiency

4.000 Do [in] - outside diameter of nozzle

0.160 Nwall [in] - nominal wall thickness of nozzle

12.5% UTP [%] - undertolerance allowance

1.000 Lp [in] - exterior projection of nozzle

1.000 Ip [in] - interior projection of nozzle

0.015 nca [in] - nozzle corrosion allowance

0.500 Leg41 [in] - outside of vessel weld fillet size

0.500 Leg43 [in] - inside of vessel weld fillet size

300.0 Pn [psi] - interior pressure

Variables:
UT [in] = Nwall*UTP 0.020

Rn [in] = Do/2 - (Nwall-nca) + UT 1.875

tn [in] = Nwall-nca 0.145

ti [in] = Nwall-2*nca 0.130

d [in] = Do-2*tn 3.710

h [in] = MIN(Ip-sca,2.5*nt,2.5*ti) 0.325

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fr1 = MIN(Sn/Sv,1) 1.000

fr2 = MIN(Sn/Sv,1) 1.000

Required Nozzle Thickness: UG-27(c)(1,2)

trnR [in] = (Pn*Rn)/(Sn*1 - 0.6*Pn) 0.028

Area Replacement:
Ar [in^2] = 1*d*Treq*1+2*tn*Treq*1*(1-fr1) required Area 0.464

A1 [in^2] = max(d, 2*(nt+tn))*(E1*nt-1*Treq)-2*tn*(E1*nt-1*Treq)*(1-fr1) 0.293

A2 [in^2] = min((tn-trnR)*fr2*Min(5*nt,2*Lp) , (tn-trnR)*fr2*Min(5*tn,2*Lp)) 0.085

A3 [in^2] = Min(5*nt*ti*fr2,5*ti*ti*fr2,2*h*ti*fr2) 0.085

A41 [in^2] = Leg41^2*fr2 0.250

A43 [in^2] = (Leg43-nca)^2*fr2 0.235

Aa [in^2] = A1+A2+A3+A41+A43 area 0.947

0.947 >= 0.464 = Acceptable

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