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API650 PLATE STRESS DUE TO ATTACHMENTS

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fastphantom

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Trying to work out the stress in the shell due to an attachment - like a pipe support or platform, and then if a compensating plate is required.
Can anyone help. Thanks.
 
Refer to the various pressure vessel handbooks for some different approaches. App. P can also be useful for some applications.
 
Try this as a reference:

Procedure 5-3 in the Pressure Vessel Design Manual, By: Dennis R. Moss, 1987
 
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