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BS EN 12516-2:2014

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Industrial valves. Shell design strength – Calculation method for steel valve shells

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BSI 2014 104
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This European Standard specifies the method for the strength calculation of the shell with respect to internal pressure of the valve.

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4 Contents Page
6 Foreword
8 Introduction
9 1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Symbols and units
Table 1 — Symbols characteristics and units
14 4 General conditions for strength calculation
15 Figure 1 — Composition of section thickness and tolerance allowances
5 Design pressure
6 Nominal design stresses for pressure parts other than bolts
6.1 General
16 Table 2 — Nominal design stresses (allowable stresses)
6.2 Steels and cast steels other than defined in 6.3, 6.4 or 6.5
6.3 Austenitic steel and austenitic cast steel with a minimum rupture elongation not less than 30 %
17 6.4 Austenitic steel and austenitic cast steel with a minimum rupture elongation not less than 35 %
6.5 Ferritic and martensitic cast steel
6.6 Creep conditions
7 Calculation methods for the wall thickness of valve bodies
7.1 General
18 7.2 Wall thickness of bodies and branches outside crotch area
7.2.1 General
7.2.2 Cylindrical bodies or branches
19 7.2.3 Spherical bodies or branches
7.2.4 Conical bodies or branches
20 Figure 2 — Cone calculation coefficient
21 Table 3 — Cone calculation coefficient
7.2.5 Bodies or branches with oval or rectangular cross-sections
7.2.5.1 General
22 7.2.5.2 Oval-shaped cross sections
Figure 4 — Calculation coefficient B03 for location 3
23 Figure 5 — Calculation coefficient Bn for oval-shaped cross-sections
24 Figure 6 — Examples of changes in cross-section B – B in oval basic bodies
26 7.2.5.3 Rectangular cross sections
Figure 7 — Calculation coefficient Bn for rectangular cross-sections
27 Figure 8 — Correction factor k for short casing bodies
28 7.3 Wall thickness in the crotch area
Figure 9 — Calculation procedure in the crotch area
29 Table 4 — Calculation formulae
7.4 Examples of pressure-loaded areas Ap and metallic cross-sectional areas Af
7.4.1 General
30 7.4.2 Cylindrical valve bodies
Figure 10 — Cylindrical valve body
31 Figure 11 — Angle valve
Figure 12 — Angle screw-down valve
32 Figure 13 — Cylindrical valve body with oblique branch
Figure 14 — Angle pattern valve body
7.4.3 Spherical valve bodies
33 Figure 15 — Spherical valve body
7.4.4 Oval and rectangular cross-sections
34 7.4.5 Details
Figure 16 — Example of a closure
35 Figure 17 — Example of an end connection
Figure 18 — Example of an end connection
36 Figure 19 — Example of a flanged connection with blind holes
Figure 20 — Example of a thick-walled body
37 Figure 21 — Example of opening reinforcement
Figure 22 — Examples of opening reinforcement
8 Calculation methods for bonnets and covers
8.1 General
8.2 Covers made of flat plates
8.2.1 General
38 Figure 23 — Calculation coefficient Cy for flat plates with supplementary marginal moment acting in the same sense as the pressure load
39 Figure 24 — Opening factor Cz for flat plates with additional marginal moment
41 Figure 25 — Calculation coefficient Cx for rectangular (1) or elliptical flat plates (2)
42 8.2.2 Circular cover without opening, with
Figure 26 — Cover (direct loading) with full face gasket
Figure 27 — Cover with gasket (direct loading) entirely within the bolt circle
43 Figure 28 — Cover with gasket (not subjected to direct loading) entirely within the bolt circle
8.2.3 Circular covers with concentric circular opening, with
Figure 29 — Cover with gasket (direct loading) entirely within the bolt circle
Figure 30 — Cover with gasket (not subjected to direct loading) entirely within the bolt circle
44 Figure 31 — Cover with central nozzle gasket (direct loading) entirely within the bolt circle
8.2.4 Non-circular covers (elliptical or rectangular)
45 Figure 33 — Diameter of non-circular covers
8.2.5 Special covers made of flat circular plates for specific load and clamping conditions
46 Figure 34 — Calculation coefficients BP, BF and BM
Figure 35 — Flat plate with annular groove
48 Table 5 — Flat circular plates and annular plates — Bending moments as a function of load cases and clamping conditions
56 Table 6 — Application cases of circular plates with non-reinforced centre hole and with reinforced centre hole
57 8.3 Covers consisting of a spherically domed end and an adjoining flanged ring
8.3.1 General
Figure 36 — Spherically domed end
58 Figure 37 — Deep dishes spherically domed end
8.3.2 Wall thickness and strength calculation of the spherical segment
59 Figure 38 — Calculation coefficient
8.3.3 Calculation of the flanged ring
8.3.3.1 Strength condition
8.3.3.2 Forces and moments of Formulae (126) and (127)
60 8.3.3.3 Forces in the moment Formulae (129) and (130)
Table 7 — Lever arms of the forces in the moment formulae
61 8.3.3.4 Other geometrical dimensions in the Formulae (126) and (127)
8.3.3.5 Diameter of centre of gravity
8.3.4 Reinforcement of the stuffing box area
8.4 Dished heads
8.4.1 General remarks
62 8.4.2 Solid dished heads
Figure 39 — Solid dished head
63 Figure 40 — Calculation coefficient β
8.4.3 Dished heads with opening
Figure 41 — Dished head with opening
64 Figure 42 — Dished head with branch (welded-in tubular reinforcement)
Figure 43 — Dished head with necked opening
65 Figure 44 — Dished head with disc-shaped reinforcement
8.4.4 Allowances on the wall thickness
66 9 Calculation method for pressure sealed bonnets and covers
Figure 45 — Self-sealing closure
68 10 Calculation methods for flanges
10.1 General
Figure 46 — Types of flange connections
10.2 Circular flanges
10.2.1 General
69 10.2.2 Flanges with tapered neck
70 Figure 47 — Flange with tapered neck
71 10.2.3 Flanges greater than DN 1 000
72 10.2.4 Welding neck with tapered neck according to Figure 48
Figure 48 — Welding neck with tapered neck
73 10.2.5 Weld-on flanges
10.2.5.1 Weld-on flanges in accordance with Figure 49, design A and design B, and integral flange in accordance with Figure 50
Figure 49 — Weld-on flanges
Figure 50 — Integral flange
74 10.2.5.2 Welded-on collars in accordance with Figure 51
Figure 51 — Welded-on collar
75 Table 8 — Field of application of various weld-on flanges
76 10.2.6 Reverse flanges
Figure 52 — Reverse flange
10.2.7 Loose flanges
77 Figure 53 — Loose flange
78 10.3 Oval flanges
10.3.1 Oval flanges in accordance with Figure 54
Figure 54 — Oval flange with two bolts
80 10.3.2 Oval flanges in accordance with Figure 55
Figure 55 — Oval flange with more than two bolts
81 Figure 56 — Correction factor B5 of Formula (217)
82 10.4 Rectangular or square flanges
10.4.1 Rectangular or square flanges in accordance with Figure 57
Figure 57 — Rectangular or square flange
10.4.2 Rectangular slip-on flanges in accordance with Figure 58
Figure 58 — Rectangular or square slip-on flange
83 10.5 Calculation of the bolt diameter
10.5.1 Design temperature
10.5.2 Diameter of the nominal tensile stress
84 10.5.3 Load cases
10.5.4 Safety factors and allowances
Table 9 — Safety factors
11 Calculation methods for glands
11.1 Loads
85 11.2 Gland bolts
11.3 Gland flanges
11.4 Other components
12 Fatigue
13 Marking
86 Annex A (informative) Characteristic values of gaskets and joints
87 Table A.1 — Characteristic values of gaskets and joints
98 Annex B (informative) Calculation procedure
Figure B.1 — Sections for calculating the strength of valve bodies with branch
100 Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 97/23/EC
Table ZA.1 — Correspondence between this European Standard and Directive 97/23/EC (PED)
101 Bibliography
BS EN 12516-2:2014
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