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SIMPLIFIED ASME PRESSURE VESSEL DESIGN CALCULATION
EXAMPLE PART 3- THICKNESS FOR CYLINDRICAL SHELL
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Shibashis (http://blog.mechguru.com/author/ons2001/) December 22, 2011
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The ASME section viii
0 division 1 provides two
equations for calculating
the thickness of the
cylindrical shell for the thin walled pressure vessel. But before going to the ASME section 8
div. 1 equations and their application for our example, refer the input data
(http://blog.mechguru.com/machine-design/simpli ed-asme-thin-wall-pressure-vessel-
design-calculation-example-part-1-overview/) and the pressure vessel sizing calculation
example (http://blog.mechguru.com/machine-design/simpli ed-asme-pressure-vessel-
design-calculation-example-part-2-sizing-calculation/) for better understanding this part of
the tutorial.

Pressure Vessel Cylindrical Shell Thickness Calculation

Input data:

Internal pressure for the pressure vessel, P=75 Pa = 0.000075 MPa (Refer Part-1
(http://blog.mechguru.com/machine-design/simpli ed-asme-thin-wall-pressure-vessel-
design-calculation-example-part-1-overview/))

Inside radius of the thin walled pressure vessel, Ri=1350 mm (Refer part-2
(http://blog.mechguru.com/machine-design/simpli ed-asme-pressure-vessel-design-
calculation-example-part-2-sizing-calculation/))

Corrosion allowance, C=0.02 mm (Assumed)

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So, the inside radius after adjusting the corrosion allowance, Ri1=Ri-C=1349.98 mm

Weld e ciency of the seams, E=85%=0.85 (Assumed)

Material for the pressure vessel shell=AISI 304 SS

Allowable stress for AISI 304SS, S = 103 MPa

Liquid to be stored inside the pressure vessel= Water

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3 Necessary equations:

The required equations from ASME Sec. Eight Div.1 are,

1. Minimum required thickness at the longitudinal seam welds,

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0 ta=P*Ri1/(S*E-0.6*P)Eq.1

1. Minimum required thickness at the circular seam welds,

tb=P*Ri1/(2*S*E+0.4*P)Eq.2

Where,

All the symbols are explained in the input section

above.

And, the minimum required design thickness

for the vessel shell will be tr=Maximum of (Eq.1,
Eq.2)+C ..Eq.3

Solution:

By using the input data to the Eq.1, we get,

ta= 0.001156465 mm

By using the input data to the Eq.2, we get,

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tb= 0.000578232 mm

Now, from the Eq.3, we get,

Minimum required design shell thickness, tr= 0.021156465 mm

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For the pressure vessel design tutorial example, we have initially assumed the shell
thickness, t = 6mm (refer Part-2 (http://blog.mechguru.com/machine-design/simpli ed-
3
asme-pressure-vessel-design-calculation-example-part-2-sizing-calculation/))

And, as t>tb so our assumed shell thickness is safe for the application example.

0 Thats it for shell thickness, I will discuss the maximum allowable pressure calculation
according to the ASME Section viii division i codes.

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6 THOUGHTS ON SIMPLIFIED ASME PRESSURE VESSEL DESIGN CALCULATION

EXAMPLE PART 3- THICKNESS FOR CYLINDRICAL SHELL

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July 10, 2012 at 12:24 pm (http://blog.mechguru.com/machine-design/simpli ed-asme-pressure-
vessel-design-calculation-example-part-3-thickness-for-cylindrical-shell-21/#comment-122)
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Hi,
My team has designed a pressure vessel, and weve assumed the thickness to be 10mm.
8mm thickness + 2mm corrosion allowance. The equation gave us .2mm as minimum
thickness, but our supervisor refuses to acknowledge the design at 10mm thickness
1 because there is no reference regarding why we sized up our thickness to 10mm. Weve
tried explaining that the equation only gives theminimumthickness, and that .2mm is an
0 unrealistic thickness, but he wont give in until we can get a proper reference as to why
we sized it up from .2mm. Any ideas on how we should go about this??

Star sh says:
July 10, 2012 at 12:24 pm (http://blog.mechguru.com/machine-design/simpli ed-asme-pressure-
vessel-design-calculation-example-part-3-thickness-for-cylindrical-shell-21/#comment-123)

Hi,
My team has designed a pressure vessel, and weve assumed the thickness to be 10mm.
8mm thickness + 2mm corrosion allowance. The equation gave us .2mm as minimum
thickness, but our supervisor refuses to acknowledge the design at 10mm thickness
because there is no reference regarding why we sized up our thickness to 10mm. Weve
tried explaining that the equation only gives theminimumthickness, and that .2mm is an
unrealistic thickness, but he wont give in until we can get a proper reference as to why
we sized it up from .2mm. Any ideas on how we should go about this??

Preston says:
July 16, 2012 at 8:00 pm (http://blog.mechguru.com/machine-design/simpli ed-asme-pressure-vessel-
design-calculation-example-part-3-thickness-for-cylindrical-shell-21/#comment-126)

Hi, I found your description of calculating shell thickness useful (ref applyinf ASME
equations) But I think there is an error in the ta and tb values calculated they are shown
as fractions of a millimetre ie 0.00057mm
this would be a thin foil unlikely to support its own weight. Appreciate it is just computer
error and it does not change the concept but need to check gures to make sure they
make sense.

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Pkibalama says:
August 23, 2012 at 6:38 pm (http://blog.mechguru.com/machine-design/simpli ed-asme-pressure-
vessel-design-calculation-example-part-3-thickness-for-cylindrical-shell-21/#comment-135)

I think there is no error,it is the design pressure which is too small actually contradicting
the purpose,i.e not a pressure vessel.

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selvam says:
June 26, 2013 at 9:34 am (http://blog.mechguru.com/machine-design/simpli ed-asme-pressure-vessel-
3 design-calculation-example-part-3-thickness-for-cylindrical-shell-21/#comment-287)

we have fabricated a vesssel which consists of two shells and one has a height of
470mm. is thre any speci c requirement in ASME for shell height, if yes wat should be
the minimum height????
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BEWIN says:
August 21, 2013 at 10:45 am (http://blog.mechguru.com/machine-design/simpli ed-asme-pressure-
vessel-design-calculation-example-part-3-thickness-for-cylindrical-shell-21/#comment-311)

sir, how do we derive the equation you used from basic eq : ta = P*R/S*E

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