316LN thermal expansion properties

davidsteel · Aug 26, 2005

To all,

Thanks for the forum. I am trying to help with a cryogenic design using 316LN plate. The thermal expansion of the plate may be an issue in a rotating, low RPM, environment.

We are trying to determine what the coefficent is so we can model the stress and design requirements of the components. The temperature would be a maximum 0°C to LNG temperatures.

There is some thought that the thermal expansion coefficent is not linear below 0°C to LNG temp.

Procurement is going back to the plate manufacturer now but I thought I would ask the forum.

Any help or guidance is appreciated.

Regards,
Davidsteel

unclesyd · Aug 26, 2005

I don't have specific data for 316LN SS, but my data from USS and AIRCO show that the expansion curve for Austenitic SS’s is pretty straight down to -200°F and then a slight flattening out below that point.

They show the expansion curves as:

Expansion; L_T - L₆₈ / L₆₈ with all Austenitic listed being between
0.0021 and 0.0022 at -200°F

There was a good article on the web concerning INVAR piping that had some TE data on SS. For some reason I didn’t bookmark it and can’t find it now. The article was from Japan

metengr · Aug 27, 2005

To add, the thermal expansion for 316 SS is not linear. The graph of thermal expansion versus temperature shows a slight curvature for most of the 3XX series stainless steel between -400 to 2000 deg F.

The values for 316 SS are reported to about -350 deg F, at this temperature the value of thermal expansion is 8.0 x 10^-6 in/in deg F. At -200 deg F, the value is 8.25 and at 0 deg F, the value is 8.4. The source is Peckner and Bernsten.

mcguire · Aug 27, 2005

I confirm matengr's information.

Michael McGuire

http://stainlesssteelforengineers.blogspot.com/

davidsteel · Aug 29, 2005

Thanks for the repsonses.

A couple other sources gave me these webpages for info.

I smacked my head about the NIST site. Never thought to try there.

I hope you like these.

http://cryogenics.nist.gov/NewFiles/316SS.html

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=33662

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19660021942_1966021942.pdf

Regards,
Davidsteel

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