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Design of Weld Neck Flange as per ASME Section VIII Division 2 Part 4.16
Design Bolt Loads
STEP 1:
Design Condition
Design Pressure

10.2 MPa

Design Temperature T

80 C

STEP 2:
Gasket Factors 'm' and Minimum Design Seating Stress 'y' from Table 4.16.1
Gasket Factor

Min. Des. Seating Stress

69 MPa

Gasket Dimensions are from ASME B16.20, Spiral Wound from Table 9
Gasket OD

OD

463.6 mm

Gasket ID

ID

412.8 mm

STEP 3:
G
N

Gasket Contact Width

OD
2

ID

N 25.4 mm

For Gasket fully within Bolt Circle and in full contact with Raised face flange
b

N
2

if b

12.7 mm

6 mm

0
G
G
OD
ID
2

else
C
25.4 mm
ul

Equation 4.16.1, 4.16.2 and 4.16.3

b

b
G
G

0.5 C
G

C
G

ul

ul

OD
2 b

b 8.9803 mm
G 445.6395 mm
STEP 4:
Design Bolt Load for Operating Condition Wo

W
W

o
o

0.785 G

2 b G m P

Equation 4.16.4 For non-self Energizing Gasket

2359.5847 kN

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Allowable stress for bolt at Design Temperature

Allowable stress for bolt at Seating Temperature

bo
bg

172.369 MPa
172.369 MPa

STEP 5:
Design Bolt Load for Gasket Seating Condition Wg
Bolt Dimensions
d

Diameter of bolt

33.97 mm

Number of Bolts n

20

Total Actual Cross Sectional Area of Bolts

A
A

b
b

d
b 4 b

1.8126 10

mm

Total Minimum Required Cross Sectional Area of Bolts

Axial Force

F
4 M

W
A

C
W

m1

Bending Moment

39.477 kN m

A
G
S
bo

1.5845 10

m1

mm

0.006894757

us

b G C

gs

W
A

17.293 kN

m2

us

5981.2274 N

gs

gs
A

bg

34.7001 mm

m2

A
m1
m2
A
A
m
m1
else
A
A
m
m2

Equation 4.16.8

if A

1.5845 10

Equation 4.16.7

mm

if A

A
b
m
IsBoltSafe "Yes"
else
IsBoltSafe "No. Increase Bolt Size or Reduce Loads on Flanges"
IsBoltSafe "Yes"
A
A
PercentBoltStrengthUsed

W
100

b
W

PercentBoltStrengthUsed 87.4151

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Equation 4.16.6
bg

2927.8216 kN

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Flange Design
STEP 1:
Design Pressure, Temperature, Net Axial Force and Moment are as previously mentioned
P 10.2 MPa

80 C

17.293 kN

39.477 kN m

STEP 2:
Design Bolt load for Operating and Gasket seating are as previously Calculated
W

2359.5847 kN

2927.8216 kN

STEP 3:
Flange Dimensions from ASME B16.5
Flange OD

685.8 mm

Flange ID

Bolt Circle Diameter

603.25 mm

Thickness of Flange t

Hub Thickness @ small end

Hub Length

21.4 mm

363.52 mm
76.2 mm

Hub Thickness @ big end

65.75 mm

102 mm

STEP 4:
Flange stress factors using the equations in Tables 4.16.4 and 4.16.5
A
B

K 1.8866
K

K
1 8.55246 log

T
1.0472 1.9448 K

1.36136 K

K
h

2
2

g
X

h
h
0

10

10

Y 3.2263

1
T 1.5499

K 1

1
U 3.5453

K 1

Z 1.7815

B g

10
2

1 8.55246 log

log

0.66845 5.7169

K 1

0
X

88.2005 mm

3.0724

1.1565

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0.897697 0.297012 ln X

if X

9.5257 10

ln X

0.123586 ln X

F
h
0

0.1

2
g

e 0.0076

0.0358580 ln X

1
mm

0.194422 ln X

ln X

0.0181259 ln X

3
g

0.012936 ln X

3
h

0.0377693 ln X

ln X

2
h

0.0273791 ln X

2
g

ln X

For Integral type Flange

0.5

X
2
0.227914
0.34441
h
2.49189 X
0.500244
1.87071 X
0.873446
h
h
X
2
X
g
g
X
g

2
h

3
0.189953
1.06082 X
1.4997
h
3
X
g

2
h
X
g

0.719413

h
2
X
g

else
V

0.135977
X
g

0.0144868

0.0461919
X
h

0.560718
2
X
g

0.0529829
2
X
h

0.244313
X X
g h

0.113929
3
X
g

0.00928265 0.0266293
3
2
X
X X
h
g h

0.217008
2
X
X
g
h

V 0.0696

U g
d

2
h
0
0
V

d 2.0566 10

3
t
d

t e 1
T

1 5.96093 10

if f

1
f f

mm

For Integral type Flange

L 1.2332

0.0927779 0.0336633 X
f

0.964176 X
3

2
g

0.0566286 X

1.62904 X

3.49329 X

0.347074 X
2
h

4.18699 X

1.39052 X

3
h

3
h

1
1

else
f 1
f 1
STEP 5:
Flange Forces

Total Hydrostatic End Force

H

0.785 B

1058.0994 kN

0.785 G
G

H 1590.1466 kN

769.4381 kN

H H

532.0472 kN

STEP 6:
Flange Moment for Operating Condition
C B g
h

86.99 mm

C G
2

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78.8053 mm

1
2

C B
2

h
G

99.3351 mm

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C
n
b

B
B

SC

30.1625 mm

0.4574

SC

a 33.97 mm

For Non Split flange Fs=1

0.5 A B

2 a t

0.0874 L g
I

I 2.2729 10

mm

161.14 mm

avg

0.5 g

avg

43.575 mm

if t G

avg
A
A
R
B
t
B
C
h
C
D
G
DG
avg
else
A
h t
A
B
G
B
avg
C
A
G
C
R
avg
D
t
DG
A

AB

OE

4 M

1
3

B
0.21

I
E 0.3846 I

1
12

B
A

4
B

D
C 2 h

SC

F
D

OE

CD

OE

3
DG

1
3

D
1.05

26.7725 kN m

DG
C
C

1
192

AB

CD

DG
C
C

Equation 4.16.16

120.7921 kN m

Equation 4.16.14 - For Internal Pressure

STEP 7:
Flange Moment for Gasket Seating
W
M

C G B

SC

105.5459 kN m

Equation 4.16.17 - For Internal Pressure

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1.5743 10

mm

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STEP 8:
Flange Stress for Operating and Gasket Seating Condition using Equations in Table 4.16.8
Operating Condition
f M
S

HO

L g

O
2

RO

L t
Y M

TO

62.3284 MPa

f M
S

RO

Z S

TO

HG

82.0756 MPa

g
2

L g

RG

38.4091 MPa

RO

TG

L t
Y M

54.4614 MPa

Z S

RG

71.7161 MPa

B
S

HG

1.33 t e 1 M
S

B
S

HO

1.33 t e 1 M
S

Seating Condition

TG

33.5611 MPa

RG

STEP 9:

Flange Stress Acceptance Criteria based on Table 4.16.9

Allowable stress for flange at Design Temperature

Allowable stress for Pipe at Design Temperature

fo
no

153.029 MPa

Allowable stress for flange at Seating Temperature

151 MPa

Allowable stress for Pipe at Seating Temperature

IF all the Ratios below are Greater than 1, Flange Leakage check is PASS
if 1.5 S
S

HOR

2.5 S
fo
no
1.5 S
fo
S
HO

HOR

3.6828

if 1.5 S
S

else
HOR
S
S

ROR

S
S

TOR

OAvg1

2.5 S

no

HO
S

fo

ROR

fo

TOR

S
S

HO

RGR

3.9842

OAvg1

S
S

TO

fo
S

HGR

1.8645

RO

S
S

TGR

HGR

4.4343

fg

fg

GAvg1

S
OAvg2

HO

fo
S

2.245

TGR

4.7972

TG
S

RO

RGR

RG

2.1195
S

ng

HG

HG

else
2.5 S

HGR

2.5 S
fg
ng
1.5 S
fg
S
HG

fg
S

GAvg1

2.552

RG

2
S

OAvg2

3.0382

S
S

TO

GAvg2

HG

fg
S

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S
TG

GAvg2

3.6582

fg
ng

161 MPa
151 MPa

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STEP 10:
Flange Rigidity Criteria
Modulus of Elasticity at Operating Temperature

yo

Modulus of Rigidity at Gasket Seating Temperature

198569.104MPa

For Integral type flange

L E

yo

2
0

52.14 V M
J
h

203395.392MPa

0.3

yg

Flange Rigidity at Gasket Seating Temperature

Flange Rigidity at Operating Temperature

52.14 V M

L E

0.1478

yg

2
0

0.1261

if J

1
g
FlangeRigidityPassSeating "Yes"
else
FlangeRigidityPassSeating "No - Reproportion dimension and GoTo STEP 3"

if J

1
o
FlangeRigidityPassOperating "Yes"
else
FlangeRigidityPassOperating "No - Reproportion dimension and GoTo STEP 3"

FlangeRigidityPassOperating "Yes"

FlangeRigidityPassSeating "Yes"

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