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MINISTY OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAINSHAMS UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING3RD YEAR MECHATRONICS DEPARTMENT
Mechatronics (1)
Pipelines stress analysis
Supervised By : Dr Wagdy El-Desouki Abdel-Ghany
Group: 5
Sec. 1 Sec. 1
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Submitting date06/2011
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Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 42 Objective and scope .............................................................................................. 63 Methodology ........................................................................................................... 7
3.1 Classification of loads and failure modes ........................................................................................................ 73.2 Primary Loads .................................................................................................................................................. 73.3 Secondary Loads .............................................................................................................................................. 83.4 Static vs. Dynamic loads ................................................................................................................................ 103.5 Sustained vs. Occasional loads ...................................................................................................................... 123.6 The Stresses ................................................................................................................................................... 12
4 Normal and Shear Stresses from Applied Load ................................................ 144.1 Axial Load ...................................................................................................................................................... 15 4.2 Internal / External Pressure ........................................................................................................................... 164.3 Bending Load ................................................................................................................................................. 184.4 Shear Load ..................................................................................................................................................... 224.5 Torsional Load ............................................................................................................................................... 22
5 Allowable stresses & theories of Failure ........................................................... 235.1 Maximum Stress Theory ................................................................................................................................ 255.2 Maximum Shear Theory ................................................................................................................................ 275.3 Octahedral Shear Theory ............................................................................................................................... 28
6 Design under Secondary Load ........................................................................... 287 Piping Codes: ....................................................................................................... 29
7.1 Limits of stresses set by code ANSI / ASME B 31.3 ........................................................................................ 30
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7.2 ASME B31.1 power piping ............................................................................................................................. 31 7.3 ASME B31.3 Process Piping ........................................................................................................................... 46 7.4 ASME B31.9 Building Services Piping............................................................................................................. 59
8 Flexibility analysis ............................................................................................... 608.1 Methods of Flexibility Analysis ...................................................................................................................... 61
9 Pipe supports ....................................................................................................... 639.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 639.2 Pipe supports standards ................................................................................................................................ 649.3 Types of supports .......................................................................................................................................... 649.4 Pipe system support designing ...................................................................................................................... 75
10 Buried Pipe Design .............................................................................................. 8310.1 Introduction and Overview ....................................................................................................................... 8310.2 Soil Mechanics .......................................................................................................................................... 8510.3 Strength of Materials ................................................................................................................................ 8610.4 Water Systems .......................................................................................................................................... 8910.5 Design for Value ....................................................................................................................................... 90
11 Conclusion.......................................................................................................... 105
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1 Introduction
Pipes are the most delicate components in any process plant. They are also the busiest
entities. They are subjected to almost all kinds of loads, intentional or unintentional. It is
very important to take note of all potential loads that a piping system would encounter
during operation as well as during other stages in the life cycle of a process plant.
Ignoring any such load while designing, erecting, hydro-testing, start-up shut-down,
normal operation, maintenance etc. can lead to inadequate design and engineering of a
piping system. The system may fail on the first occurrence of this overlooked load.
Failure of a piping system may trigger a Domino effect and cause a major disaster.
Stress analysis and safe design normally require appreciation of several related
concepts.
An approximate list of the steps that would be involved is as follows.
1. Identify potential loads that would come on to the pipe or piping system during its
entire life.
2. Relate each one of these loads to the stresses and strains that would be
developed in the crystals/grains of the Material of Construction (MoC) of the
piping system.
3. Decide the worst three dimensional stress state that the MoC can withstand
without failure
4. Get the cumulative effect of all the potential, loads on the 3-D stress scenario in
the piping system under consideration.
5. Alter piping system design to ensure that the stress pattern is within failure limits.
The goal of quantification and analysis of pipe stresses is to provide safe design
through the above steps. There could be several designs that could be safe. A piping
engineer would have a lot of scope to choose from such alternatives, the one which is
most economical, or most suitable etc. Good piping system design is always a mixture
of sound knowledge base in the basics and a lot of ingenuity.
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Pipes are required for carrying fluids. These fluids can be of various states of matter.
Gaseous fluids (like LP), Liquid Fluids (like Water) and Solid or Semi-solid (like plastic
pellets).
The pipes in Process Industry like in Reliance are used for transferring fluids at highertemperature and pressure. The various processes in a Process plant cause the liquids
to be pressurized and to be heated up. Thus the liquids passing through the pipes attain
a high pressure and/or a high temperature. When a metal is heated it expands. If this
metal of pipe is allowed to expand freely, there is no overstress in the same. But
suppose the free movement is restricted by any means, stress is introduced in the
system. The case becomes more complicated by considering weight of the pipe, the
insulation, weights of the valves, flanges and other fittings and the pressure of the fluids
that is flowing through the piping.
So the task of the Stress Engineer is
1) To select a piping layout with an adequate flexibility between points of anchorage to
absorb its thermal expansion without exceeding allowable material stress levels, also
reacting thrusts & moments at the points of anchorage must be kept below certain
limits.
2) To limit the additional stresses due to the dead weight of the piping by providing
suitable supporting system effective for cold as well as hot conditions. Piping systems
are not self supporting and hence they require pipe supports to prevent from collapsing.
Pipe supports are of different types like Rest, Guides, Line stops, Hangers, Snubbers,
and Struts. Each type of pipe support plays a vital role in supporting the pipe system.
Pipe supports are desirable to reduce the weight, wind and where possible, expansion
and transient effects, so that piping system stress range is not excessive for the
anticipating cycles of operation, us avoiding fatigue failure. Limiting the line movement
at specific locations may be desirable to protect sensitive equipment, to control vibration
or to resist external influences such as wind, earthquake, or shock loadings.
All these objectives are achieved by:-
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1) Limiting the sagging of the piping system within allowable limits ( i.e. In Sustain case
the max vertical movement should be less than 10mm ).
2) Directing the line movements so as protect sensitive equipments against overloading
(i.e. nozzle loads are always kept under the allowable nozzle loading provided by thevendor).
3) Resisting pipe system to collapse in case of earthquake, wind or shock loadings.
2 Objective and scope
With piping, as with other structures, the analysis of stresses may be carried to varying
degrees of refinement. Manual systems allow for the analysis of simple systems,
whereas there are methods like chart solutions (for three-dimensional routings) and
rules of thumb (for number and placement of supports) etc. involving long and tedious
computations and high expense. But these methods have a scope and value that
cannot be defined as their accuracy and reliability depends upon the experience and
skill of the user. All such methods may be classified as follows:
1. Approximate methods dealing only with special piping configurations of two-, three or
four-member systems having two terminals with complete fixity and the piping layoutusually restricted to square corners. Solutions are usually obtained from charts or
tables. The approximate methods falling into this category are limited in scope of direct
application, but they are sometimes usable as a rough guide on more complex
problems by assuming subdivisions of the model into anchored sections fitting the
contours of the previously solved cases.
2. Methods restricted to square-corner, single-plane systems with two fixed ends, but
without limit as to the number of members.
3. Methods adaptable to space configurations with square corners and two fixed ends.
4. Extensions of the previous methods to provide for the special properties of curved
pipe by indirect means, usually a virtual length correction factor.
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3 Methodology
3.1 Classification of loads and failure modes
Pressure design of piping or equipment uses one criterion for design. Under a steady
application of load (e.g. pressure), it ensures against failure of the system as perceived
by one of the failure theories. If a pipe designed for a certain pressure experiences a
much higher pressure, the pipe would rupture even if such load (pressure) is applied
only once.
The failure or rupture is sudden and complete. Such a failure is called catastrophic
failure.
It takes place only when the load exceeds far beyond the load for which design was
carried out. Over the years, it has been realized that systems, especially piping,
systems can fail even when the loads are always under the limits considered safe, but
the load application is cyclic (e.g. high pressure, low pressure, high pressure, ..). Such a
failure is not guarded against by conventional pressure design formula or compliance
with failure theories. For piping system design, it is well established that these two types
of loads must be treated separately and together guard against catastrophic and fatigue
failure.
The loads the piping system (or for that matter any structural part) faces are broadly
classified as primary loads and secondary loads.
The failure of the piping system may be sudden failure due to onetime loading or fatigue
failure due to cyclic loading. The sudden failure is attributed to primary loadings and the
fatigue failure to secondary loading.
3.2 Primary Loads
These are typically steady or sustained types of loads such as internal fluid pressure,
external pressure, gravitational forces acting on the pipe such as weight of pipe and
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fluid, forces due to relief or blow down pressure waves generated due to water hammer
effects.
The last two loads are not necessarily sustained loads. All these loads occur because of
forces created and acting on the pipe. In fact, primary loads have their origin in someforce acting on the pipe causing tension, compression, torsion etc leading to normal and
shear stresses. A large load of this type often leads to plastic deformation. The
deformation is limited only if the material shows strain hardening characteristics. If it has
no strain hardening property or if the load is so excessive that the plastic instability sets
in, the system would continue to deform till rupture. Primary loads are not self-limiting. It
means that the stresses continue to exist as long as the load persists and deformation
does not stop because the system has deformed into a no-stress condition but because
strain hardening has come into play.
In short
Primary loads are usually force driven (gravity pressure, spring forces, relief
valve, fluid hammer etc.)
Primary loads are not self-limiting. Once plastic deformation begins it continues
till the failure of the cross section results.
Allowable limits of primary stresses are related to ultimate tensile strength.
Primary loads are not cyclic in nature.
Design requirements due to primary loads are encompassed in minimum wall
thickness requirements.
3.3 Secondary Loads
Just as the primary loads have their origin in some force; secondary loads are caused
by displacement of some kind. For example, the pipe connected to a storage tank may
be under load if the tank nozzle to which it is connected moves down due to tank
settlement.
Similarly, pipe connected to a vessel is pulled upwards because the vessel nozzle
moves up due to vessel expansion. Also, a pipe may vibrate due to vibrations in the
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rotating equipment it is attached to. A pipe may experience expansion or contraction
once it is subjected to temperatures higher or lower respectively as compared to
temperature at which it was assembled.
The secondary loads are often cyclic but not always. For example load due to tanksettlement is not cyclic. The load due to vessel nozzle movement during operation is
cyclic because the displacement is withdrawn during shut-down and resurfaces again
after fresh start-up. A pipe subjected to a cycle of hot and cold fluid similarly undergoes
cyclic loads and deformation. Failure under such loads is often due to fatigue and not
catastrophic in nature.
Broadly speaking, catastrophic failure is because individual crystals or grains were
subjected to stresses which the chemistry and the physics of the solid could not
withstand.
Fatigue failure is often because the grains collectively failed because their collective
characteristics (for example entanglement with each other etc.) changed due to cyclic
load. Incremental damage done by each cycle to their collective texture accumulated to
such levels that the system failed. In other words, catastrophic failure is more at
microscopic level, whereas fatigue failure is at mesoscopic level if not at macroscopic
level.
In short
Secondary loads are usually displacement driven (Thermal expansion,
Settlement, Vibration etc.)
Secondary loads are self-limiting i.e. the loads tends to dissipate as the system
deforms through yielding.
Allowable loads for secondary stresses are based upon fatigue failure modes. Secondary loads are cyclic in nature (expect settlement).
Secondary application of load never produces sudden failure and sudden failure
occurs after a number of applications of load.
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3.4 Static vs. Dynamic loads
Static loads are those loads applied on to the piping system so slowly that the system
has time to respond, react and also to disturb the load. Hence, the system remains in
equilibrium. The examples of such loadings are the thermal expansion, weight etc.
The dynamic load changes so quickly with time that the system will have no time to
distribute the load. Hence the system develops unbalanced forces.
The examples of Dynamic loadings are wind load, earthquake, fluid hammer etc. these
can be categorized in to mainly three types:-
Random:
In this type of loading the load changes unpredictably with time. The major loads
covered under this type are :-
Wind load:
In most of the cases analysis is done using static equivalent of dynamic model. This is
achieved by increasing the static loading by a factor to account for the dynamic effects.
Earthquake:
Here again the analysis is done using static equivalent of a dynamic loading model. This
is again is approximate.
Harmonic:
In harmonic type of profile, the load changes in magnitude and direction in a sine profile.
The major loads covered under this are:-
Equipment Vibration:
This is mainly caused by the eccentricity of the equipment drive shaft of the rotating
type of equipment connected to the piping.
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Acoustic Vibration:
This is mainly caused by change of fluid flow condition within pipe i.e.from laminar to
turbulent e.g. Flow through orifice. Mostly these vibrations follow harmonic patterns with
predictable frequencies based on flow conditions.
Pulsation:
This type of loading occurs due to flow from reciprocating pumps, compressors etc. if
this type of profile the loading starts from zero to some value, remains there for certain
period of time and then comes back to zero. The major types of loads covered under
this are:-
Relief valve outlet:
When the relief valve opens the flow raises from zero to full value over the opening time
of the valve. This causes a jet forces and this remains until the full venting is achieved
to overcome the over pressure situation and then valve closes bringing down the force
over the closing time to valve.
Fluid hammer:
If the flow of fluid is suddenly stopped due to pump trip or sudden closing of valve, there
will compression of fluid at one side and relaxation at the other side. This wave
propagates causing pulsation flow.
Slug flow:
This happens mainly due to multi phase flow. In general when fluid changes direction in
a piping system, it is balanced by net force in the elbow. This force is equal to change in
momentum with respect to time. Normally this force is constant and can be absorbed
through tension in pipe wall, to be passed on to adjacent elbow which may have equal
and opposite load and gets nullified. Hence, these are normally ignored.
However, if density of fluid velocity changes with time similar to slug of liquid in a gas
system, this momentum load will change with time as well leading to dynamic load.
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3.5 Sustained vs. Occasional loads
The loads on the piping system which are steady and developed due to internal
pressure, external pressure, weight etc. affecting the structure design of the piping
component are called the sustained loading. These loadings develop longitudinal, shear
or hoop stresses in the pipe wall. These could be either tensile or compressive in
nature.
3.6 The Stresses
The MoC of any piping system is the most tortured non-living being right from its birth.
Leaving the furnace in the molten state, the metal solidifies within seconds. It is a very
hurried crystallization process. The crystals could be of various lattice structural patterns
such as BCC, FCC, HCP etc. depending on the material and the process. The grains,
crystals of the material have no time or chance to orient themselves in any particular
fashion. They are thus frozen in all random orientations in the cold harmless pipe or
structural member that we see.
When we calculate stresses, we choose a set of orthogonal directions and define the
stresses in this co-ordinate system. For example, in a pipe subjected to internal
pressure or any other load, the most used choice of co-ordinate system is the one
comprising of axial or longitudinal direction (L), circumferential (or Hoope's) direction (H)
and radial direction (R) as shown in figure. Stresses in the pipe wall are expressed as
axial (SL), Hoope's (SH) and radial (SR). These stresses which stretch or compress a
grain/crystal are called normal stresses because they are normal to the surface of the
crystal.
But, all grains are not oriented as the grain in Figure 1. In fact the grains would have
been oriented in the pipe wall in all possible orientations. The above stresses would
also have stress components in direction normal to the faces of such randomly oriented
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crystal. Each crystal thus does face normal stresses. One of these orientations must be
such that it maximizes one of the normal stresses.
Figure 1: Hoope's, radial and axial stresses
The mechanics of solids state that it would also be orientation which minimizes some
other normal stress. Normal stresses for such orientation (maximum normal stress
orientation) are called principal stresses, and are designated S1 (maximum), S2 and S3
(minimum). Solid mechanics also states that the sum of the three normal stresses for all
orientation is always the same for any given external load.
That is
In addition to the normal stresses, a grain can be subjected to shear stresses as well.
These acts parallel to the crystal surfaces as against perpendicular direction applicable
for normal stresses. Shear stresses occur if the pipe is subjected to torsion, bending
etc. Just as there is an orientation for which normal stresses are maximum, there is an
orientation which maximizes shear stress. The maximum shear stress in a 3-D state of
stress can be shown to be
i.e. half of the difference between the maximum and minimum principal stresses. The
maximum shear stress is important to calculate because failure may occur or may be
deemed to occur due to shear stress also. A failure perception may stipulate that
maximum shear stress should not cross certain threshold value. It is therefore
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necessary to take the worst-case scenario for shear stresses also as above and ensure
against failure.
It is easy to define stresses in the co-ordinate system such as axial-Hoope s-radial (L-H-
R) that are defined for a pipe. The load bearing cross-section is then well defined andstress components are calculated as ratio of load to load bearing cross-section.
Similarly, it is possible to calculate shear stress in a particular plane given the torsional
or bending load. What are required for testing failure - safe nature of design are,
however, principal stresses and maximum shear stress. These can be calculated from
the normal stresses and shear stresses available in any convenient orthogonal co-
ordinate system. In most pipe design cases of interest, the radial component of normal
stresses (SR) is negligible as compared to the other two components (SH and SL). The
3-D state of stress thus can be simplified to 2-D state of stress. Use of Mohr's circle
then allows calculating the two principle stresses and maximum shear stress as follows:
The third principle stress (minimum i.e. S3) is zero.
All failure theories state that these principle or maximum shear stresses or some
combination of them should be within allowable limits for the MoC under consideration.
To check for compliance of the design would then involve relating the applied load to
get the net SH, SL, and then calculate S1, S2and max and some combination of them.
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Normal and Shear Stresses from Applied LoadAs said earlier, a pipe is subjected to all kinds of loads. These need to be identified.
Each such load would induce in the pipe wall, normal and shear stresses. These need
to be calculated from standard relations. The net normal and shear stresses resulting in
actual and potential loads are then arrived at and principle and maximum shear
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stresses calculated. Some potential loads faced by a pipe and their relationships to
stresses are summarized here in brief
4.1 Axial Load
A pipe may face an axial force (FL) as shown in Figure 2. It could be tensile or
compressive.
Figure 2: Pipe under axial load
What is shown is a tensile load. It would lead to normal stress in the axial direction (SL).
The load bearing cross-section is the cross-sectional area of the pipe wall normal to the
load direction, Am. The stress can then be calculated as
The load bearing cross-section may be calculated rigorously or approximately as
follows:
The axial load may be caused due to several reasons. The simplest case is a tall
column.
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The metal cross-section at the base of the column is under the weight of the column
section above it including the weight of other column accessories such as insulation,
trays, ladders etc. Another example is that of cold spring. Many times a pipeline is
intentionally cut a little short than the end-to-end length required. It is then connected to
the end nozzles by forcibly stretching it. The pipe, as assembled, is under axial tension.
When the hot fluid starts moving through the pipe, the pipe expands and compressive
stresses are generated. The cold tensile stresses are thus nullified. The thermal
expansion stresses are thus taken care of through appropriate assembly-time
measures.
4.2 Internal / External Pressure
A pipe used for transporting fluid would be under internal pressure load. A pipe such as
a jacketed pipe core or tubes in a Shell & Tube exchanger etc. may be under net
external pressure. Internal or external pressure induces stresses in the axial as well as
circumferential (Hoope s) directions. The pressure also induces stresses in the radial
direction, but as argued earlier, these are often neglected.
The internal pressure exerts an axial force equal to pressure times the internal cross-
section of pipe.
This then induces axial stress calculated as earlier. If outer pipe diameter is used for
calculating approximate metal cross section as well as pipe cross- section, the axial
stress can often be approximated as follows:
The internal pressure also induces stresses in the circumferential direction as shown in
Figure 3.
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Figure 3: Hoope's stresses
The stresses are maximum for grains situated at the inner radius and minimum for
those situated at the outer radius. The Hoope's stress at any in between radial position
(r) is given as follows (Lame's equation)
For thin walled pipes, the radial stress variation can be neglected. From membrane
theory, SH may then be approximated as follows.
Radial stresses are also induced due to internal pressure as can be seen in Figure 4.
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Figure 4: Radial stresses due to internal pressure
At the outer skin, the radial stress is compressive and equal to atmospheric pressure
(Patm ) or external pressure (Pext) on the pipe. At inner radius, it is also compressive
but equal to absolute fluid pressure (Pabs). In between, it varies. As mentioned earlier,
the radial component is often neglected.
4.3 Bending Load
A pipe can face sustained loads causing bending. The bending moment can be related
to normal and shear stresses. Pipe bending is caused mainly due to two reasons:
Uniform weight load and concentrated weight load. A pipe span supported at two ends
would sag between these supports due to its own weight and the weight of insulation (if
any) when not in operation. It may sag due to its weight and weight of hydrostatic test
fluid it contains during hydrostatic test. It may sag due to its own weight, insulationweight and the weight of fluid it is carrying during operation.
All these weights are distributed uniformly across the unsupported span, and lead to
maximum bending moment either at the centre of the span or at the end points of the
span (support location) depending upon the type of the support used.
Let the total weight of the pipe, insulation and fluid be W and the length of the
unsupported span be L (see Figure 5).
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Figure 5: Pipe under bending load
The weight per unit length, w, is then calculated (w = W/L). The maximum bending
moment, Mmax
, which occurs at the centre for the pinned support is then given by the
beam theory as follows:
For Fixed Supports, the maximum bending moment occurs at the ends and is given by
beam theory as follows:
The pipe configuration and support types used in process industry do not confirm to any
of these ideal support types and can be best considered as somewhere in between. Asa result, a common practice is to use the following average formula to calculate bending
moment for practical pipe configurations, as follows:
.
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Also, the maximum bending moment in the case of actual supports would occur
somewhere between the ends and the middle of the span.
Another load that the pipe span would face is the concentrated load. A good example is
a valve on a pipe run (see Figure 6):
Figure 6 : Point load
The load is then approximated as acting at the centre of gravity of the valve and the
maximum bending moment occurs at the point of loading for pinned supports and is
given as:
For rigid supports, the maximum bending moment occurs at the end nearer to the
pointed load and is given as
a is to be taken as the longer of the two arms (a and b) in using the above formula.
As can be seen, the bending moment can be reduced to zero by making either a or b
zero,
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I.e. by locating one of the supports right at the point where the load is acting. In actual
practice, it would mean supporting the valve itself. As that is difficult, it is a common
practice to locate one support as close to the valve (or any other pointed and significant
load) as possible. With that done, the bending moment due to pointed load is minimal
and can be neglected.
Whenever the pipe bends, the skin of the pipe wall experiences both tensile and
compressive stresses in the axial direction as shown in Figure 7:
Figure 7: Stresses on pipe cross section due to bending
The axial stress changes from maximum tensile on one side of the pipe to maximum
compressive on the other side. Obviously, there is a neutral axis along which the
bending moment does not induce any axial stresses. This is also the axis of the pipe.
The axial tensile stress for a bending moment of M, at any location c as measured from
the neutral axis is given as follows.
I is the moment of inertia of the pipe cross-section. For a circular cross-section pipe, I is
given as
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The maximum tensile stress occurs where c is equal to the outer radius of the pipe and
is given as follows.
Where Z (= I/ro) is the section modulus of the pipe.
4.4 Shear Load
Shear load causes shear stresses. Shear load may be of different types. One common
load is the shear force (V) acting on the cross-section of the pipe as shown in Figure 8:
Figure 8: Shear force acting on a pipe
It causes shear stresses which are maximum along the pipe axis and minimum along
the outer skin of the pipe. This being exactly opposite of the axial stress pattern caused
by bending moment and also because these stresses are small in magnitude, these are
often not taken in account in pipe stress analysis. If necessary, these are calculated as
Where Q is the shear form factor and Am is the metal cross-section.
4.5 Torsional Load
This load (see Figure 9) also causes shear stresses.
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Figure 9: Torsional load on a pipe
The shear stress caused due to torsion is maximum at outer pipe radius. And it is given
in terms of the torsional moment and pipe dimensions as follows.
RT is the torsional resistance (= twice the moment of inertia).
All known loads on the pipe should be used to calculate contributions to S L, SH and t.
These then are used to calculate the principal stresses and maximum shear stress.
These derived quantities are then used to check whether the pipe system design is
adequate based on one or more theories of failure.
5 Allowable stresses & theories of Failure
Allowable stresses as specified in the various codes are based on the material
properties. These can be classified in two categories as below.
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Time Independent stresses
Time independent allowable is based on either yield stress or the ultimate tensile
strength measured in a simple tensile test. The yield stress is the elastic limit and that is
the value below which the stresses are proportional to strain and when the load isremoved, there is no permanent distortion. The tensile strength is the highest load,
which the specimen can be subject to without failure.
The code ANSI / ASME B 31.1 permits smaller of of the tensile strength or 5/8 of the
yield strength. ANSI / ASME B 31.3 uses lower of 1/3 of the tensile strength or 2/3 of the
yield strength.
Time dependent stresses
The time dependent allowable is related to Creep rupture strength at high
temperature. This is best explained for a piping system as follows.
Pipe running between two equipments expands as it gets heated up. The increased
length can be accommodated only by straining the pipe as its ends are not free to
move.
This straining induces stress in the pipe. However when the line is cooled during
shutdown to ambient temperature the expansion returns to zero, the straining no longer
exists and hence stress also disappears. Every time the plant starts from a stress free
condition i.e. cold condition and soon gets to stressed with maximum at operating
conditions from cold get stressed with stress reaching maximum at operating condition
and then reducing to zero when operating stops and system cools down.
The actual performances of the piping system do not exactly follow the above path. The
piping system can absorb large displacement without returning to exactly to previousconfiguration. Relaxation to the sustaining level of material will tend to establish a
condition of stability in few cycles, each cycle lowering the upper limit of hot stress until
a state of equilibrium is reached in which the system is completely relaxed and capable
of maintaining constant level of stress. The stress at which the material is relieved due
to relaxation appears as stress in opposite sign. Thus the system which originally was
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stress less could within a few cycles accommodate stress in the cold condition and
spring itself without the application of external load. This phenomenon is called Self
springing. This is also called the Elastic shake down.
Here the maximum stress range is set to 2 Sy or more accurately the sum of hot andthe cold yield stresses in order to ensure eventual elastic cycling.
The degree of self springing will depend upon the magnitude of the initial hot stresses
and temperature, so that while hot stresses will gradually decrease with time, the sum of
the hot and cold stress will stay the same. This sum is called the Expansion Stress
range. This concepts lead to the selection of an allowable stress range.
For materials below the creep range the allowable stresses are 62.5% of the yield
stress, so that bending stress at which plastic flow starts at elevated temperature is 1.6
Sh and by same reasoning 1.6 Sc will be stress at which flow would take place at
minimum temperature. Hence, the sum of this could make the maximum stress the
system could be subjected to without flow occurring in either the hot or cold condition.
Therefore, Smax = 1.6(Sc+Sh).
A piping system in particular or a structural part in general is deemed to fail when a
stipulated function of various stresses and strains in the system or structural part
crosses a certain threshold value. It is a normal practice to define failure as occurring
when this function in the actual system crosses the value of a similar function in a solid
rod specimen at the point of yield. There are various theories of failure that have been
put forth. These theories differ only in the way the above mentioned function is defined.
Important theories in common use are considered here.
5.1 Maximum Stress Theory
This is also called Rankine Theory. According to this theory, failure occurs when the
maximum principle stress in a system (S1) is greater than the maximum tensile principle
stress at yield in a specimen subjected to uni-axial tension test.
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Uni-axial tension test is the most common test carried out for any MoC. The tensile
stress in a constant cross-section specimen at yield is what is reported as yield stress
(Sy) for any material and is normally available. In uni-axial test, the applied load gives
rise only to axial stress (SL) and SH and SR as well as shear stresses are absent. SL is
thus also the principle normal stress (i.e. S1). That is, in a specimen under uni-axial
tension test, at yield, the following holds.
SL = SY, SH = 0, SR = 0
S1 = SY, S2 = 0 and S3 = 0.
The maximum tensile principle stress at yield is thus equal to the conventionally
reported yield stress (load at yield/ cross-sectional area of specimen).
The Rankine theory thus just says that failure occurs when the maximum principle
stress in a system (S1) is more than the yield stress of the material (Sy).
The maximum principle stress in the system should be calculated as earlier. It is
interesting to check the implication of this theory on the case when a cylinder (or pipe) is
subjected to internal pressure.
As per the membrane theory for pressure design of cylinder, as long as the Hoope's
stress is less than the yield stress of the MoC, the design is safe. It is also known that
Hoope's stress (SH) induced by external pressure is twice the axial stress (SL). The
stresses in the cylinder as per the earlier given formula would be:
The maximum principle stress in this case is S2 (=SH). The Rankine theory and the
design criterion used in the membrane theory are thus compatible.
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This theory is widely used for pressure thickness calculation for pressure vessels and
piping design uses Rankine theory as a criterion for failure.
5.2 Maximum Shear Theory
This is also called Tresca theory. According to this theory, failure occurs when the
maximum shear stress in a system max is greater than the maximum shear stress at
yield in a specimen subjected to uni-axial tension test. Note that it is similar in wording,
to the statement of the earlier theory except that maximum shear stress is used as
criterion for comparison as against maximum principle stress used in the Rankine
theory.
In uniaxial test, the maximum shear stress at yield condition of maximum shear testgiven earlier is
The Tresca theory thus just says that failure occurs when the maximum shear stress in
a system is more than half the yield stress of the material (Sy). The maximum shear
stress in the system should be calculated as earlier.
It should also be interesting to check the implication of this theory on the case when a
cylinder (or pipe) is subjected to internal pressure.
As the Hoope's stress induced by internal pressure (SH) is twice the axial stress (SL)
and the shear stress is not induced directly ( = 0) the maximum shear stress in the
cylinder as per the earlier given formula would be
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This should be less than 0.5Sy, as per Tresca theory for safe design. This leads to a
different criterion that Hoope's stress in a cylinder should be less than twice the yield
stress. The Tresca theory and the design criterion used in the membrane theory for
cylinder are thus incompatible.
5.3 Octahedral Shear Theory
This is also called Von Mises theory. According to this theory, failure occurs when the
octahedral shear stress in a system is greater than the octahedral shear stress at yield
in a specimen subjected to uniaxial tension test. It is similar in wording to the statement
of the earlier two theories except that octahedral shear stress is used as criterion for
comparison as against maximum principle stress used in the Rankine theory or
maximum shear stress used in Tresca theory.
The octahedral shear stress is defined in terms of the three principle stresses as
follows.
In view of the principle stresses defined for a specimen under uni-axial load earlier, the
octahedral shear stress at yield in the specimen can be shown to be as follows.
The Von Mises theory thus states that failure occurs in a system when octahedral shear
stress in the system exceeds 2 Sy / 3.
For stress analysis related calculations, most of the present day piping codes uses a
modified version of Tresca theory.
6 Design under Secondary Load
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As pointed earlier, a pipe designed to withstand primary loads and to avoid catastrophic
failure may fall after a sufficient amount of time due to secondary cyclic load causing,
fatigue failure. The secondary loads are often cyclic in nature. The number of cycles to
failure is a property of the material of construction just as yield stress is. While yield
stress is cardinal to the design under primary sustained loads, this number of cycles to
failure is the corresponding material property important in design under cyclic loads aim
at ensuring that the failure does not take place within a certain period for which the
system is to be designed.
While yield stress is measured by subjecting a specimen to uni-axial tensile load,
fatigue test is carried out on a similar specimen subjected to cycles of uni-axial tensile
and compressive loads of certain amplitude, i.e. magnitude of the tensile and
compressive loads. Normally the tests are carried out with zero mean loads. This
means, that the specimen is subjected to a gradually increasing load leading to a
maximum tensile load of W, then the load is removed gradually till it passes through
zero and becomes gradually a compressive load of W (i.e. a load of W), then a tensile
load of W and so on. Time averaged load is thus zero. The cycles to failure are then
measured; the experiments are repeated with different amplitudes of load.
7 Piping Codes:
There are many different piping codes for process and high-pressure lines in use
throughout the world. Some countries, like Canada, take advantage of the considerable
body of knowledge contained in the U.S. codes.
In the U.S. we follow the ASME Code for Pressure Piping, B31. The code was first
published in 1935 by the ASA (American Standards Association, now known as ANSI,
the American National Standards Institute). The responsibility for developing the code
was assigned to the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers).
The ASME Code is so extensive that it was more convenient to break it up into several
separate documents, which represent various industries. The code now consists of:
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B31.1 Power Piping
B31.3 Process Piping
B31.4 Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquid Hydrocarbons and Other
Liquids
B31.5 Refrigeration Piping
B31.8 Gas Transportation and Distribution Piping
B31.9 Building Services Piping
B31.11 Slurry Transportation Piping Systems.
Usually, by the time you get involved in a project, most of the piping specifications are
written, and the codes to be used have been laid out in the specifications. But how did
the engineer who wrote the specs know which codes to apply? Much of the time the
answer lies in the codes themselves. The codes will explain what their intended scope
is. But the codes are often applied to piping systems that are outside their scope.
This sound like it might be a big problem, but the intelligent application of a piping code
outside of its scope is not necessarily bad.
Of the seven B31 codes, most design engineers find that they spend most of their time
dealing with B31.1, B31.3, and B31.9. The remainder is confined to an overview of
these codes.
7.1 Limits of stresses set by code ANSI / ASME B 31.3
Limits of Calculated stresses due to Occasional loads
ANSI / ASME B 31.3 in clause 302.3.6specifies that the sum of longitudinal stresses
due to pressure, weight and other sustained loadings and of the stresses due to
produced by occasional loads such as wind or earthquake, may be as much as 1.33
times the basic allowable stress. Wind and earthquake forces need not be considered
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as acting concurrently. When the piping system is tested, it is not necessary to consider
other occasional loads such as wind and earthquake as occurring concurrently with test
loads.
Limits of calculated stresses due to Sustained loads
ANSI / ASME B 31.3 in clause 302.3.5specifies that the sum of longitudinal stresses,
SL in any component in a piping system due to pressure, weight and other sustained
loadings shall not exceed the allowable stress at the design temperature. The thickness
of pipe used in calculating the SL shall be the nominal thickness less the allowable due
to corrosion and erosion.
Limits of Displacement stress range
ANSI / ASME B 31.3 limits the allowable stress range to 78% of the maximum stress
the system could be subjected to without flow occurring either in hot or cold condition.
7.2 ASME B31.1 power piping
Power piping in this case means the piping that is used around boilers. It is called
power piping because often a boiler is used to make steam for power generation. This is
done by converting pressure and temperature energy into kinetic energy in a turbine,
which then produces electrical energy.
Mechanical engineering is the technical field associated with transforming energy into
work. A steam generator is a perfect example of that. This code relates particularly to
piping that would be found in electrical power plants, commercial and institutional
plants, geothermal plants, and central heating and cooling plants.
This code is primarily concerned with the effects of temperature and pressure on the
piping components.
Scope
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Around a boiler, the scope of B31.1 begins where the boiler proper ends, at either:
1. The first circumferential weld joint
2. The face of the first flange
3. The first threaded joint
This piping is collectively referred to as boiler external piping, since it is not considered
part of the boiler.
Power piping may include steam, water, oil, gas, and air services. But it is not limited to
these, and as mentioned before, there is nothing that says you cannot apply B31.1 to
other piping systems unrelated to boilers or power generation, as long as they would not
be better classified as within other piping codes, which may be more stringent.
Not in Scope
B31.1 does NOT apply to:
1. Components covered by the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.
2. Building heating and distribution steam and condensate piping if it designed for 15
psig or less.
3. Building heating and distribution hot water piping if it is designed for 30 psi or less.
4. Piping for hydraulic or pneumatic tools (and all of their components downstream of
the first block valve off of the system header).
5. Piping for marine or other installations under federal control
6. Structural components
7. Tanks
8. Mechanical equipment
9. Instrumentation
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Pressure Design of Straight Pipe
This section contains several extremely useful formulas for determining either the
design pressure of a particular pipe or the required wall thickness of a pipe operating at
a certain pressure. These formulas are:
Where
tm = Minimum required wall thickness[in. or mm]
P = Internal design gage pressure [psi or kPa]
The pressure is either given or solved for in the equations.
Do = Outside diameter of the pipe [in or mm]
The outside diameter will be the OD of a commercially available pipe.
d = Inside diameter of the pipe [in or mm]
The inside diameter will be the ID of a commercially available pipe.
S = Maximum allowable stress values in tension for the material at the design
temperature [psi or kPa]
E = Weld joint efficiency, shown in ASME B31.1, Appendix A. These values
depend on the material used and the method of manufacture. Naturally, if the
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material is a cast product, there is no weld. In that case the casting factor F is
used.
F = Casting factor shown in ASME B31.1, Appendix A. Where a cast material is
used .
A = Additional thickness [in or mm].
Piping is generally purchased based on commercially available schedules or wall
thicknesses (unless specially ordered, which is usually prohibitively expensive). These
thicknesses must take into account the mill tolerance, which may be as much as 12.5
percent less than the nominal thickness.
These values are tabulated in ASME B31.1, Appendix A. Note that they are dependent
on the temperature to which the material will be exposed. This temperature is the metal
temperature. This would normally be the temperature of the fluid in the pipe, but if a
pipe was to be exposed to a high temperature externally, it would be the fluid
temperature outside the pipe.
Note that the values tabulated in Appendix A include the Weld Joint Efficiencies and the
Casting Factors. Therefore, the tabulated values are the values of S, SE, or SF. See
General Note (f) at the end of each table.
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The power piping Code ANSI B 31.1 specifies that the developed stresses due to
the sustained, occasional and expansion stresses be calculated in the following
manner.
Limits for Sustained and Displacement Stresses
This section addresses cyclic stresses among other things.
Note that the Stress Range Reduction Factors apply only to thermal cycling and NOT to
pressure cycles.
where,
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Ss = Sustained stress.
i = Stress Intensification factor.
MA = Resultant moment due to primary loads
= ( Mx + My + Mz ) 0.5
Sh = Basic allowable stress at the operating temperature
Z = Section modulus.
Limits for occasional stresses
where,
So = Occasional stress.
MB = Resultant range of moments due to occasional loads
= ( Mx + My + Mz ) 0.5
K = Occasional load factor
= 1.2 for loads occurring less than 1% of the time
= 1.15 for loads occurring less than 10% of the time.
Limits for expansion
Where,
Mc = Resultant range of moments due to Expansion (secondary) loads
= ( Mx + My + Mz ) 0.5
SA = Allowable expansion stress range
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104.3 Branch Connections
Branch connections are often made using fittings designed for the application. Such
fittings are manufactured according to the standards listed in ASME B31.1, Table 126.1.
But branch connections are often made in other ways. Especially where large bore
piping is concerned, some branch connections are made without the use of a
manufactured fitting. It might be helpful now to make a distinction between
manufactured and fabricated. A manufactured fitting is one that could be purchased
from a supplier. The supplier would sell it to you just as he received it from a factory. It
would be (or should be) made to a specification; perhaps one of the specifications listed
in ASME B31.1s Table 126.1. A fabricated fitting would be made in a shop, or in the
field, with pieces of pipe and/or plate.
There are a few reasons why it may be advantageous to use a fabricated fitting instead
of a manufactured fitting:
Lack of availability of the specific fitting. For instance, a 20 in 304SS lateral may not be
available.
The cost of the manufactured fitting is very high compared to the ability to fabricate it.
The cost of making the welds on a manufactured fitting is higher than on a fabricated
fitting
Consider an 18 diameter run of piping, and a 14 in diameter branch connection. There
are several ways that this could be accomplished.
One method might be to insert a full-size butt-welding tee, with an 18 in x 14 in reducer
exiting the branch, as shown in Figure 10.
Another method might be to use a reducing tee as shown in Figure 4.2.
Figure 11shows still a third method, in which the 14 in branch pipe is stubbed directly
into the 18 in run pipe. The type of cuts required to join pipes like this is called a
fishmouth by pipefitters.
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Figure 10: Branch connection using full size tee and reducing tee
Figure 11: A branch connection using a nozzle weld without a fitting.
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Obviously, the types of fabrications one could concoct are limited only by ones
imagination. In order to achieve safe designs that can withstand the same pressures as
other pipe configurations, these fabrications are subject to the requirements of this code
section.
Whenever a run pipe as shown in Figure 11is cut to accommodate a branch connection,
the strength of the run pipe is compromised due to the material that is removed. The
larger the branch the more material removed, and the worse the situation.
If a manufactured fitting is chosen (for example in Figure 10) to provide the branch
connection, and if the manufacturers specification is listed in Table 126.1 in the ASME
B31.1, then no further analysis is required. A situation similar to Figure 11 above might
require additional engineering analysis, and Section 104.3 provides the guidance to
perform that analysis.
The first thing to note is that fittings manufactured in accordance with the ASTM
standards listed in ASMEs Table 126.1 are satisfactory in meeting the code (Refer to
Section 104.3.1 [B.1]). For example, if your specification designated that all tees had to
meet ASTM A234 Piping Fittings of Wrought Carbon Steel and Alloy Steel for Moderate
and Elevated Temperatures, then you would be covered. No further qualifications
would be necessary for those tees (other than to establish that they were installed in the
piping system correctly5).
If, on the other hand, you decided that you really didnt want to spend the money on an
18 in diameter tee manufactured fitting, but would rather fabricate the fitting, then in
order to satisfy the code, you would have to follow the requirement set forth in Section
104.3.1(D). These requirements specify the extent to which branch connections must be
reinforced.
In practice, it is unusual to use a fabricated fitting when the branch diameter is the same
size as the run diameter. The reason for this is the cut and weld for the branch would
have to extend to the centerline of the pipe (halfway around the circumference). This
would require extensive cutting, welding, and reinforcement, and would not be an
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economical choice. Most pipe specs indicate that full-size branch connections be made
with a manufactured fitting (a tee).
For a single size reduction of the branch pipe, a reducing tee is often used. Below one
size reduction, the branches are most often fabricated until the branch size is smallenough that a manufactured welding fitting such as a Weld-o-let may be used. These
fittings are described in 104.3.1 (B.2). We will discuss these connections later in the
chapter covering fittings.
Extruded outlets are described in Sections 104.3.1 (B.3) and 104.3.1 (G). They are
manufactured by pulling a die through the wall of a pipe. Due to the custom nature of
these fittings, they are unusual in general industrial applications, but can be found in the
power industry.
This section pertains to branch connections where the axes of the main run and the
branch intersect, and the angle formed by the main run of the pipe and the branch is
between 45 and 90.
If both of these conditions do not exist, additional tests or analysis must be performed to
ensure that adequate strength is provided.
Section 104.3.1 (D) relates to branch connections subject to internal pressure. The code
designates a region surrounding the intersection known as the reinforcement zone.
The reinforcement zone bounds the region of concern at the branch with a
parallelogram. All of the analysis is confined to this zone, and any required
reinforcement must fall within this zone.
Imagine a plane passing through the intersecting axes of the branch connection. See
Figure 12. The discussion of areas in this code section refers to the cross-sectional
areas that appear in this imaginary section.
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Figure 12: ASME B31.1-2001 figure 104.3.1 (D) Example B, showing the various reinforcement areas for abranch connection.
The area of the material that is removed when the hole is cut in the run pipe must be
offset by material that is present in other components within the reinforcement zone.
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Credit is given for what is referred to as excess pipe wall. Consider that piping
systems are rarely operated at the maximum design pressure calculated by Formula (4)
in Section 104.1.2. For one thing, the piping used is the commercially available pipe
wall. This means that there is usually some inherent excess of pipe wall available in
either the run pipe or the branch pipe or both. The code allows you to take this excess
pipe wall into account when determining the need for additional reinforcement. This
excess pipe wall would be the difference between the nominal pipe wall minus the mill
tolerance, minus any additional thickness allowance, minus the wall thickness required
by Formula (3) or (3A) in paragraph 104.1.2(A). In other words,
Excess pipe wall = (nominal wall thickness x 0.875) - (corrosion, erosion, threading, or
grooving allowance) - (tm, as calculated by Formula (3) or (3A))
The 0.875 term accounts for the Mill tolerance (12.5 percent).
Therefore, one place that can make up the amount of material removed by the hole in
the run pipe is any excess pipe wall present in the reinforcement zone. This is
designated A1 for the run pipe (also known as the header) and A2 for the branch pipe.
Another source of excess material is the area of the fillet weld, designated A3.
Sometimes a reinforcing pad (or re-pad) is placed around the branch connection toadd strength to the joint. The ratio of the width of the re-pad to its height should be as
close as possible to 4:1 (within the limits of the reinforcing zone). It should never be less
than 1:1. This materials area is designated A4.
Still another method of reinforcing a branch connection is to weld on a saddle. These
are limited to use on 90 branches. Their use in general industry is not as common as
other methods of preparing branch connections, but they remain a viable alternative.
The metal contained in the saddle along the run pipe in the reinforcement zone
constitutes the additional metal that may be used to offset the material lost in cutting the
hole in the run pipe. The area of the metal in the saddle along the run pipe is designated
A5.
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So there are a total of five areas that can be added together to offset the loss of material
created by the hole in the run pipe, which is designated as A7. Since the pipe is
expected to retain its integrity throughout its design life, the wall thickness expected at
the end of the pipes design life is the thickness that must be used in the calculations.
The newer versions of the code call this pressure design area at the end of the service
life A6.
Where
tmh= The required minimum wall thickness in the header pipe
A = the additional thickness added to account for corrosion, erosion, grooving or
threading
Where
= angle between the axes of the run and branch pipes
Another way of stating this is that the required reinforcement area must be less than any
combination of:
1- A1 = Area of any excess pipe wall contained in the run
= 2- A2 = Area of an excess pipe wall contained in the branch.
= 3- A3 = Area of any welds beyond the outside diameters of either pipes or of weld
attachments of pads, rings, or saddles.
4- A4 = Area provided by any rings, pads, or integral reinforcement.
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5- A5 = Area provided by a saddle on a right angle connection.
= In practice, if you were using a saddle, you would not also have a re-pad, and vice-
versa. Therefore, A4 and A5 can be considered mutually exclusive.
The code lists specific requirements for closely spaced branch connections, branch
connections subject to external forces and moments.
The Pipe Fabrication Institute publishes worksheets (designated ES36) that aid in these
calculations.
Miters
Miters are perfectly acceptable fabricated fittings for pressure piping, if constructed in
accordance with the requirements of Paragraph 104.3.3. Note however that they are
usually only used in large bore piping where manufactured elbows are either
unavailable or very expensive. Miters require much fit-up and welding. It is easier to
simply purchase an elbow that conforms to one of the standards listed in Table 126.1 if
these are available.
137 Pressure Tests
After a pipe system is installed in the field, it is usually pressure tested to ensure that
there are no leaks. Once a system is in operation, it is difficult, if not impossible, to
repair leaks.
ASME B31.1 has established procedures for applying pressure tests to piping systems.
There are generally two types of pressure tests applied to a piping system. One is a
hydrotest and the other is a pneumatic test. The hydrotest is greatly preferred for the
following reasons:
Leaks are easier to locate.
A hydrotest will lose pressure more quickly than a pneumatic test if leaks are
present.
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Pneumatic tests are more dangerous, due to the stored pressure energy and
possibility of rapid expansion should a failure occur.
On the other hand, if a piping system cannot tolerate trace levels of the testing medium
(for instance, a medical oxygen system) then a pneumatic test is preferred.
137.4 Hydrostatic Testing
It is important to provide high point vents and low point drains in all piping systems to be
hydrotested. The high point vents are to permit the venting of air, which if trapped during
the hydrotest may result in fluctuating pressure levels during the test period. The drains
are to allow the piping to be emptied of the test medium prior to filling with the operating
fluid. (Low point drains are always a good idea though since they facilitate cleaning and
maintenance.)
A hydrotest is to be held at a test pressure not less than 1.5 times the design pressure.
The system should be able to hold the test pressure for at least 10 minutes, after which
the pressure may be reduced to the design pressure while the system is examined for
leaks. A test gauge should be sensitive enough to measure any loss of pressure due to
leaks, especially if portions of the system are not visible for inspection.
The test medium for a hydrotest is usually clean water, unless another fluid is specified
by the Owner. Care must be taken to select a medium that minimizes corrosion.
137.5 Pneumatic Testing
The test medium must be nonflammable and nontoxic. It is most often compressed air,
but may also be nitrogen, especially for fuel gases or oxygen service. Note that
compressed air often contains both oil and water, so care must be exercised in
specifying an appropriate test medium.
A preliminary pneumatic test is often applied, holding the test pressure at 25 psig to
locate leaks prior to testing at the test pressure. The test pressure for pneumatic tests is
to be at least 1.2 but not more than 1.5 times the design pressure. The pneumatic test
must be held at least 10 minutes, after which time it must be reduced to the lower of the
design pressure or 100 psig (700 kPa gage) until an inspection for leaks is conducted.
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If a high degree of sensitivity is required, other tests are available such as mass-
spectrometer or halide tests.
7.3 ASME B31.3 Process Piping
The term process piping may be thought of as any piping that does not fall under the
other B31 codes. It is generally considered to be the piping that one may find in
chemical plants, refineries, paper mills, and other manufacturing plants.
This code is structured similar to B31.1 in that it is organized into chapters, parts, and
paragraphs. Note that while the paragraphs of B31.1 are numbered in the 100s, those in
B31.3 are numbered in the 300s. This convention follows throughout the B31 codes.
There are several very important concepts in this code that should be identified before
we delve too far into the particulars. Because we have entered into the realm of process
piping, it is necessary to recognize some of the inherent hazards associated with
handling dangerous chemicals.
Scope
The scope of this code includes all fluids. This scope specifically excludes the following:
1. Piping with an internal design pressure between 0 and 15 psi (105 kPa)
2. Power boilers and BEP which is required to be in accordance with B31.1
3. Tubes inside fired heaters
4. Pressure vessels, heat exchangers, pumps, or compressors.
Definitions
There are several very important definitions included in this paragraph under the term
fluid service:
a) Category D fluids are those in which all of the following apply:
1. The fluid is nonflammable, nontoxic, and not damaging to human tissue.
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2. The design pressure does not exceed 150 psig (1035 kPa).
3. The design temperature is between -20F and 366F (-29C and 186C).
b) Category M fluids are those in which a single exposure to a very small quantity could
lead to serious irreversible harm, even if prompt restorative measures are taken.
c) High pressure fluids are those in which the Owner has specified that the pressures
will be in excess of that allowed by the ASME B16.5 PN420 (Class 2500) rating for the
specified design temperature and material group.
d) Normal fluids are everything else that does not fit into the above categories. These
are the fluids most often used with this code.
Design Conditions
This section requires the designer to consider the various temperatures, pressures, and
loads that the piping system may be subject to. While it is a good checklist, most of the
items contained are common sense.
Uninsulated Components
This paragraph describes how to determine the design temperature of uninsulated
piping and components. Of particular interest is the description of how to determine
component temperatures using the fluid temperature? The instructions indicate that for
fluid temperatures above 150F (65C) the temperature for uninsulated components
shall be no less than a certain percentage of the fluid temperature. For example, the
temperature used for lap joint flanges shall be 85 percent of the fluid temperature.
Note that unless you use the absolute temperature in degrees Rankine or Kelvin, such a
calculation has no meaning, since a percentage cannot be applied to the Fahrenheit or
Celsius scales.
Design Criteria
Note that B31.3 also has a Table 326.1 that corresponds to B31.1s Table 126.1. A
comparison between the two tables shows that Table 126.1 is focused more on steel
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pipe and fittings, while Table 326.1 pertains more to nonmetallic pipe and fittings. The
obvious reason is that process piping deals with more fluids that are corrosive to steel.
In many cases, thermoplastics, thermosetting plastics, and resins will be more
appropriate materials for the fluids handled in the purview of the process piping code.
This set of paragraphs states that if the components listed in Table 326.1 are rated for a
specific temperature/pressure condition, then they are suitable for the design pressures
and temperatures allowed by this code. If they have no specific temperature/pressure
rating, but are instead based on the ratings of straight seamless pipe, then the
component must be de-rated by 12.5 percent, less any mechanical and corrosion
allowances.
In other words, you have to determine the minimum wall thickness of the straight pipe
based on the design temperature and pressure, as well as the mechanical and
corrosion allowances. Once you apply the mill tolerance of 12.5 percent, you will be
safe in selecting a fitting that satisfies the same requirements as the straight pipe to
which it is connected.
Allowances for Pressure and Temperature Variations
There are paragraphs in both B31.1 and B31.3 that describe allowable deviations from
operating conditions. These are called allowances for pressure and temperature
variations. The rules for such operating excursions are not complicated, but inpractice
industrial users do not chart how often the operating pressures exceed the allowable
pressures.
Most often, any pressure excursions are prevented through the use of pressure relief
devices, such as pressure relief valves, pressure safety valves, or rupture disks.
Also, it is important to note that the allowable stresses are temperature dependent. So if
there are temperature excursions (as allowed for in both B31.1 and B31.3) the allowable
stress may vary. Unless someone has taken the trouble to build a database of the
relationships between operating temperature and pressure, and allowable temperature
and pressure, then the designer will be well-advised to base the design pressure on the
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MAXIMUM temperature that the system will ever see, and not to rely on the allowance
for temperature variations.
Therefore, from a practical standpoint, it is best to not rely upon any allowances for
temperature or pressure excursions above the design conditions. Choose your designconditions so that the temperature and pressure will not be exceeded.
Pressure Design of Straight Pipe
As we noted above, we are required to calculate the required wall thickness to satisfy
the design temperature and pressure conditions. We did the same thing for B31.1. But
B31.3 handles things a little differently.
where
tm = Minimum required wall thickness [in or mm].
This minimum wall thickness includes any mechanical, corrosion, or erosion
allowances.
If the piping system contains bends (not elbows), then you also must compensate
for thinning of the bends, as in ASME B31.1. Because this is not common, the
interested reader is referred to ASME B31.3 Paragraph 304.2.1 for the formulas
required to determine after-bend thicknesses
t = Pressure design thickness, as determined by any of the Formulas (3a)
through (3b) [in or mm].
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c = Mechanical, corrosion, or erosion allowances [in or mm]. Note that for
unspecified tolerances on thread or groove depth, the code specifies that an
additional 0.02 in (0.5 mm) shall be added to the depth of the cut to take the
unspecified tolerance into account.
T = Pipe wall thickness, either measured or minimum per purchase specification
[in or mm].
Unless specially ordered (which is usually prohibitively expensive) piping is
generally purchased based on commercially available schedules (or wall
thicknesses). These thicknesses must take into account the mill tolerance which
may be as much as 12.5 percent less than the nominal thickness.
Therefore, under ordinary circumstances, the pipe wall thickness (T) will be 87.5
percent of the thickness of the listed schedule.
d = Inside diameter of pipe [in or mm].
P = Internal design gage pressure [psig or kPa (gage)]
The pressure is either given, or solved for in the equations.
D = Outside diameter of pipe [in or mm]
The outside diameter will be the OD of a commercially available pipe. Carbon
steel pipe dimensions are shown in Appendix 1 of this text.
E = Quality Factor from ASME Table A-1A or A-1B. Table A-1A relates
exclusively to castings. Table A-1B relates to longitudinal weld joints. The quality
factor is a means of de-rating the pressure based on the material and method of
manufacture. Thus, for A106 seamless pipe, the quality factor E = 1.00.
Casting quality factors may be increased if the procedures and inspections listed
in ASME B31.3 Table 302.3.3C are utilized.
The quality factors are in place to account for imperfections in castings, such as
inclusions and voids. Machining all of the surfaces of a casting to a finish of 250
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micro inches (6.3 m) improves the effectiveness of surface examinations such
as magnetic particle, liquid penetrant, or ultrasonic examinations.
The Quality Factor E is analogous to the Weld Joint Efficiency E or Casting
Factor F in B31.1. But note that the Quality Factor E in B31.3 is NOT included inthe stress values provided in B31.3 Tables A-1 and A-2. See Paragraph
302.3.1(a).
S = Stress in material at the design temperature [psi or kPa].
These values are tabulated in ASME B31.3, Appendix A. Note that they are dependent
on the temperature to which the material will be exposed. This temperature is the metal
temperature. This would normally be the temperature of the fluid in the pipe, but if a
pipe was to be exposed to a high temperature externally, it would be the fluid
temperature outside the pipe. See also Paragrah 301.
Once again, note that the values tabulated in ASME B31.3 Appendix A DO NOT include
the Quality Factors. Therefore, the tabulated values are only the values of S.
W = Weld Joint Strength Factor. This factor accounts for the long term strength of weld
joints at elevated temperatures. In the absence of specific data such as creep testing, W
is taken as 1.0 at temperatures of 950F (510C) and below. W falls linearly to 0.5 at
1500F (815C).
Y = A coefficient used to account for material creep, as in B31.1. The table of Y
coefficients in B31.3 is virtually identical to the table given in B31.1. As pre- viously
noted, the variation of Y with temperature allows the wall thick- ness equation to behave
in accordance to the Modified Lam Equation at low temperatures (with Y = 0.4), and
in accordance with a creep-rupture equation at high temperatures (with Y = 0.7).
The values are taken from Table 304.1.1 for t < D/6. For ductile metals (including steel),
the value is 0.4 across the range of temperatures. For t >= D/6,
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Note that the difference between Formulas (3a) and (3b) is that (3a) begins with the OD
of the pipe, and (3b) begins with the ID of the pipe.
B31.3 Chapter VII deals with nonmetallic piping and piping lined with nonmetals.
Paragraph A304 explains how to calculate minimum wall thicknesses in such cases.The method and equations closely parallel Paragraph 304.1.1. The Allowable Stresses
are replaced with Hydrostatic Design Stresses for nonmetals in Table B-1.
Pressure design of high-pressure piping (pressures in excess of the Class 2500 rating
for the design temperature and material group), is covered in Paragraph K304. The
equations given use Table K-1 for the basic allowable stresses. These stresses are
higher than those listed in Table A-1 for the same materials.
Limits for sustained stresses
where,
FAX = Axial force due to sustained ( primary ) loading
Mi = In-plane loading moment due to sustained ( primary )
Mo = Out-plane loading moment due to sustained ( primary ) loading.
ii , io = in-plane and outplane stress intensification factors.
Sh = Basic allowable stress at operating temperature.
Limits for occasional stresses
The code states that in order to calculate the stresses due to sustained and occasional
loads independently as per the above equation and then add them absolutely. The sum
should not exceed 1.33 Sh.
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Limits for Expansion
where,
SE = Expansion stress range
Mi = Range of in plane bending moment due to expansion (secondary) load
Mo= range of out plane bending moment due to expansion (secondary) load
MT = Range or torsional bending moment due to expansion load
SA = Allowable stress range.
304.3 Branch Connections
Similar to B31.1, B31.3 permits fabrication of branch connections. We are faced with the
following prerequisites:
1. The run pipe diameter-to-thickness ratio (Dh/Th) < 100 and the branch-to-run
diameter ratio (Db/Dh) is not greater than 1.0. If we examine the tables of commercially-
available pipe data, we see that the first condition in which we might see a diameter-to-
thickness ratio in excess of 100 would be 24 in diameter Schedule 5S, which has a wall
thickness of 0.218 in. For thicknesses above the standard wall thickness, there is little
chance that the ratio will exceed 100. So it is clear that while this is an important
consideration for large bore, thin wall pipes, it is a situation that most of us are not likely
to encounter. Looking next at the requirement that the branch-to-run ratio is not greater
than 1.0, we see that this means only that it is impossible to stub a larger branch onto a
smaller run. And if we tried to do that, we might be inclined to reverse the names of thebranch and run. In other words, the branch pipe is always the smaller diameter, unless
they are both the same diameter. Whichever pipe is designated as the run pipe, must
still satisfy (Dh/Th) < 100.
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2. If Dh/Th >= 100, the branch diameter Db has to be less than one-half the run
diameter Dh.
3. The angle between the branch and run is at least 45. See Figure 4.8. This is
analogous to B31.1s angle . We will examine the similarities and differences betweenB31.1 and B31.3 regarding the branch connection calculations.4. The axes of the branch and run pipe must intersect each other. This was also a
requirement of B31.1.
Once the prerequisites are established, we can examine any requirements for
reinforcing the branch connection.
Here is an example of how the codes complicate matters. The names assigned to the
various reinforcing areas in B31.3 are different than those we examined in B31.1. See
Table 4.1 for a comparison of the terminology as they pertain to branch connections.
For B31.3:
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The subscripts b and h refer to the branch and run pipe (or header pipe) respectively. In
order to satisfy the reinforcement requirements of B31.3,
A2 + A3 + A4 >= A1 Formula (6a)
As in B31.1, we have a reinforcement zone bounded by the parallelogram shown in
Figure 4.9. Also, as in B31.1, there are also specific requirements for closely spaced
nozzles (overlapping reinforcement zones) and branch connections subject to external
pressure, forces, or moments.
305.2 Specific Requirements
This section describes what piping may be used for certain services. A review of the
four fluid services reveals that the most benign service