PV Base Ring Required Thickness
PV Base Ring Required Thickness
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Hi,
I have been designing pressure vessels per ASME Section VIII Div.1 for budgetary estimate purposes. While reviewing the calculations output from PV Elite, I have been having a hard time following how the base ring required thickness is determined. I cannot find anything in Section VIII Div.1 code that relates to sizing base rings. Could someone shed some light on these calculations?
Much appreciated.
I have been designing pressure vessels per ASME Section VIII Div.1 for budgetary estimate purposes. While reviewing the calculations output from PV Elite, I have been having a hard time following how the base ring required thickness is determined. I cannot find anything in Section VIII Div.1 code that relates to sizing base rings. Could someone shed some light on these calculations?
Much appreciated.






RE: PV Base Ring Required Thickness
Generally, skirts, base rings, saddles, legs, lugs are not part of the pressure envelope so they're not covered by detailed design requirements in the ASME code.
RE: PV Base Ring Required Thickness
RE: PV Base Ring Required Thickness
RE: PV Base Ring Required Thickness
Most good PV design textbooks, or ref. books, should have a good section or two on support system design.