STRESS ANALYSIS OF PIPING SYSTEMS

STRESS ANALYSIS OF PIPING SYSTEMS

B.131

TABLE B4.3g SIFs for Typical Weldolet Branch Connections (Run Pipe Size: NPS 12 or
DN 300)

1 in = 25.4 mm

f. Branchlet

(B4.23)
g. Reducing elbow

(B4.24)

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GENERIC DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

B.132

TABLE B4.3h SIFs for Typical Weldolet Branch Connections (Run Pipe Size: NPS 14 or
DN 350)

1 in=25.4 mm

where T = wall thickness of large end, in

B = actual bend radius, in
R = mean radius of large end, in
ASME B31.1 Power Piping Code.8 This code concerns nonnuclear piping such as
that found in the turbine building of a nuclear plant or in a fossil-fuel power plant.
Piping services include steam, water, oil, gas, and air. Design requirements of this

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STRESS ANALYSIS OF PIPING SYSTEMS

B.133

TABLE B4.3i SIFs for Typical Weldolet Branch Connections (Run Pipe Size: NPS 16 or
DN 400)

1 in = 25.4 mm

code cover those for pipe, flanges, bolting, gaskets, valves, relief devices, fittings, and
the pressure-containing portions of other piping components. It also includes hangers
and supports and other equipment items necessary to prevent overstressing the
pressure-containing components.
The loadings required to be considered are pressure; weight (live, dead, and
under test loads); impact (e.g., water hammer); wind; earthquake (where
applicable); vibration; and those loadings resulting from thermal expansion and
contraction.

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GENERIC DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

TABLE B4.3j SIFs for Typical Weldolet Branch Connections (Run Pipe Size: NPS 18 or
DN 450)

1 in = 25.4 mm

The design equations and stress limits are as follows (terms are the same as those
for Class 2 and 3 piping except for those defined below):
1. Stress due to sustained loads. The effects of pressure, weight, and other sustained
mechanical loads must meet the requirements of Eq. (B4.25):

(B4.25)

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