I am building a horizontal vessel with 0.375" thick shell walls in Compress and the customer requires large nozzle loadings to be applied to each nozzle. For a particular 30" ID nozzle, the nozzle loadings are so large that the reinforcement pad required is outside of allowable Code...
Being a younger engineer, I do not have any experience with Div. 2 prior to the 2007 edition rewrite. From what I've read, I know there was a major restructuring but I can't find any information regarding how it was restructured; hence, what went to were?
I have a vessel spec that says "This...
Is there a "square root rule" in an industry standard or Sec. VIII concerning the dimensions at which it is no longer necessary to keep making a repad larger for a lifting lug to reduce the stress in the repad edge to shell weld. For example, say I have a 10" x 1" lug and the loadings on the lug...
