7.4.

3 Spherical shells

The required thickness: e

The nominal thickness: en
The minimum possible fabrication thickness: emin
The analysis thickness: ea
The corrosion allowance: c

The absolute value of the possible negative tolerance de

on the nominal thickness:
The allowance for possible thinning during
dm
manufacturing process:
The extra thickness to make up to the nominal
thickness: eex
The calculation pressure: P 4,4 [Mpa]
The test pressure: Ptest 6 [Mpa]
The inside diameter of shell: Di 864 [mm]
The minimum yield strength or 0,2% proof strength at
calculation temperature: Rp0,2T 355 [Mpa]

The minimum tensile strength at 20°C: Rm/20 470 [Mpa]

Joint coefficient: z 0,7 []
The nominal design stress for normal operating cases:
𝑅 , 𝑅 /
𝑓 = 𝑚𝑖𝑛 ;
1,5 2,4
𝑅 , 𝑅 /
𝑓 = 𝑚𝑖𝑛 ∗ 0,9; ∗ 0,9 : 𝑧 ≤ 0,7
1,5 2,4

fd 176,3 [Mpa]

The nominal design stress for test cases:

𝑅 ,
𝑓 =
1,05
ftest 338,1 [Mpa]

The required thickness for calculation pressure:

𝑃∗𝐷
𝑒=
4𝑓 ∗ 𝑧 − 𝑃

e 7,8 [mm]

The required thickness for test pressure:

𝑃 ∗𝐷
𝑒=
4𝑓 ∗𝑧−𝑃

e 5,5 [mm]
The nominal thickness: en 16 [mm]
The corrosion allowance: c 2 [mm]
The absolute value of the possible negative tolerance
on the nominal thickness (EN 10029): quality C
de1 0 [mm]

Limit values of weld joint defects (EN ISO 5817): quality C

Linear offset between plates (EN 5817):
𝐵 → 𝛿 = 𝑚𝑖𝑛 0,2 + 0,1𝑒 ; 3
𝐶 → 𝛿 = 𝑚𝑖𝑛 0,2 + 0,15𝑒 ; 4
𝐷 → 𝛿 = 𝑚𝑖𝑛 0,2 + 0,25𝑒 ; 5
de2 2,6 [mm]
Defects of welds:
𝐵 → 𝛿 = 0,2𝑒 ∗ 0,04
𝐶 → 𝛿 = 0,3𝑒 ∗ 0,08
𝐷 → 𝛿 = 0,4𝑒 ∗ 0,16
de3 0,4 [mm]
The mean diameter of shell:
𝐷 =𝐷 +𝑒
Dm 880 [mm]
The analysis thickness:
𝑒 =𝑒 −𝛿 −𝛿 −𝛿 −𝑐
ea 11,0 [mm]

Maximum pressure for normal operating loads:

4𝑓 ∗ 𝑧 ∗ 𝑒
𝑃≤𝑃 =
𝐷
Pmax 6,2 [MPa]

Maximum pressure for test loads:

4𝑓 ∗𝑧∗𝑒
𝑃 ≤𝑃 =
𝐷
Pmaxtest 11,9 [MPa]