INPUT DATA (3/4"-10) (BONNET BOLT CONNECTIONS)

Test Pressure: PW 9750 psi

Bolting Material: A193 B7

Bolting Yield Strength Sybb 105000 psi

Sa1b Sybb
Allowable Stress: 2
(per ASME Sec VIII Div.2 Appendix 3, 2007 Edition)

3

Sa1b 70000
psi

Bolt Circle Diameter: Cb 4.625 in

Bolt Size: 3/4"-8

Number of Bolts: Nbb 8

2
Root Area of Bolts: A rb 0.302 in

Seal Ring Pitch Diameter: Gb 2.28 in

Seal Ring Width: wsr .22 in

Seal Ring Effective Seal Width: b ob 0.11 in

Ref. Table 4.16.1 Detail 8 ASME VIII Div. 2:

Compression Factor: mb 3.0

Seal Seating Load Force: y 10000 lbf

Attachment Factor "c": cb 0.3

(Ref. Figure UG-34 (k) ASME VIII Div. 2)
2
SA 0.334 in
Tensile Stress Area:

Total effective bolt tensile stress area

A n.T Nbb SA
2
A n.T 2.672 in

= 0.45/psi when S is expressed in psi units

K1 K1 0.45
(per Standard B16.34 )

Major diameter: Dm .750 in

 2
A s.T Nbb ( 1.923) in
Total Effective Thread Shear Area:
2
A s.T 15.384 in

Torque Coefficient:
(Assuming K = 0.15 which is typical for well lubricated K2 0.15
installations)

CALCULATED DATA

Minimum Required Bolt Pre-load (Torque):

Bolt Load for Operating Condition:

2
W m1 Gb PW 2 b ob Gb mb PW W m1 85900 lbf
4

Bolt Load for Gasket Loading:

W m2 b ob Gb y W m2 7879 lbf

Total Required Cross Sectional Area of Bolts at Root of Thread for Operating Conditions:

W m1 2
A m1 A m1 1.227 in
Sa1b

Total Required Cross Sectional Area of Bolts at Root of Thread for Gasket Seating:

W m2 2
A m2 A m2 0.113 in
Sa1b

Total Required Cross Sectional Area of Bolts taken as the greater of A.m1 and A.m2:

A m max A m1 A m2
A m 1.227 in
2

Cross Sectional Area of Bolts Based on Root Area

2
A b Nbb A rb A b 2.416 in

Total Preload Force:

Fpl W m1 Fpl 85900 lbf

Total Torque Required:

Treqd Fpl K2 Dm Treqd 9664 in lbs

 Torque Required per Bolt:

Treqd
Treq.bolt Treq.bolt 1208
in lbs
Nbb

Bolt Stresses:
Operating Bolt Stress:

W m1
T T 35555 psi
Ab

Design Factor:

Sa1b
DFopt DFopt 1.969
T

Gasket Bolt Stress:

W m2
g g 3261 psi
Ab
Sa1b
DFg DFg 21.464
g

Per Machinery's Handbook, 26th edition:

Dp .8028 in
Min Pitch Diameter:
n 8
Threads per Inch:
30 deg
Thread Flank Angle:
2
A t 0.334 in
Stress Area:

Minor Diameter Max: Kn .6905 in

Thread Shear Area:

Length of Engagement:

2 A t
Le Le 0.302 in

Kn 0.5 n Dp Kn tan ( 30deg )

Adjusted Length of Engagement:
2
Leff Le Leff 0.052 in
n

Shear Area:

A s n Leff Kn Dp Kn tan ( 30deg )

2
A s 0.172 in
2
2 n

Shear Stress:
Fpl
Ss Ss 5584 psi
As.T

Allowable Shear Stress:

(Operating Conditions: 0.4*Sybb per ASME Code Section VIII
Division 2)

Ssmax 0.4 Sybb Ssmax 42000 psi

Design Factor:

Ssmax
DF11 DF11 7.522
Ss