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I post this thread on other forum, you can click below for the answer. https://www.eng-tips.com/threads/designing-blind-flange-in-pv-elite-26.529296/post-9076814

Hi everyone, i just go through UG-39 again. and guess what i found? Snip from UG-39: The req thickness of the blind changed after i click "evaluate pattern hole" button is because the software did modified eq from UG-34 (as snip above). By clicking this function, software assume the blind...

That was a great point. I think this could be a valid explanation as well. Thanks, LittleInch, for offering a different perspective. After checking with multiple blind size, the blind min thickness increases by about 25%-28% after I click it. The percentage seems to grow with the size — the...

Hi PreVes, I already design it this way. you can refer below. 1) Without click. 2) With click (without any hole detail)

as i mentioned before, the blind did calculated according to ASME VIII UG-34, but when I consider the opening/holes on the blind (by clicking below👇). thickness increased again. This is due to UG-36/UG-39 being considered. However, the thickness should only increase after the hole details are...

yes, it is a custom-made blind.

it was my first time exploring UG-53. but as i read, its more to opening on the shell instead of blind right? and there is this "ligament efficiency". How can i relate it with the formula of req thickness of blind/shell?

Hi PV Elite experts, I would like to ask regarding blind calculation considered in this software. i found that the req thickness for the custom blind differ when the "evaluate uniform pattern hole" was clicked. it become thicker when we click this option. Why does this happen? custom blind...

Thank you geoff13, gonna repost this thread there. ;)

Hi PV Elite experts, I would like to ask regarding blind calculation considered in this software. i found that the req thickness for the custom blind differ when the "evaluate uniform pattern hole" was clicked. it become thicker when we click this option. Why does this happen? custom blind...

Thank you guys for all the valuable insight. much appreciate it.

oh thats new to me. haha. My company also practice using ASME b16.5 and class so on, since our client consistently refers to ANSI, I prefer to use the same terminology to avoid potential confusion. but thank you for this ;), i might telling my client the same thing later :0 haha

if im using UG-34(c)(2) Eq (2) to calc this bolted cover thickness, does this means that the number or size of the opening will not affect the thickness? since the opening dimension were not considered in the formula. Thank you for your insight David.

hi geoff13, can u see this paragraph that i found from Asme interpretation database, what is "additional design calculation" refers to?

yeah that's right