LEG SUPPORT DESIGN REPORT

Design Pressure P = 13.728 bar

Design Temperature T = 85 Deg C
Vessel Outside diameter D = 1500 mm
Vessel thickness ts = 8 mm
Corrosion allowance CA = 0 mm
Pad circumference distance C11P = 300 mm
Pad longitudinal distance C22P = 430 mm
Pad thickness tp = 8 mm
Vessel OD to bolt centre Dlug = 203 mm
Bolt circle diameter of lug Db = 1922 mm
Circumferential Length of top plate Lpl = 250 mm
Radial Width of Top Bar Plate Wtp = 70 mm
Thickness of Top Plate Ttp = 12 mm
Circumferential Length of bottom plate Lpl = 250 mm
Radial Width of bottom Support Lug Plate wpl = 253 mm
Thickness of Gusset Plate Tgp = 10 mm
Height of Gusset Plate Hgp = 350 mm
Mean Width of Gusset Plate wgp = 161.5 mm
Distance between Gussets Dgp = 200 mm
Thickness of bottom Support Lug Plate Tpl = 12 mm
Lug support force bearing width Wfb = 75 mm
Yield strength of material Fy = 132.15 N/mm2
Allowable stress Sallowable = 2/3 Fy Sallowable = 88.1 N/mm2

Bolt Material SA-36

Bolt allowable stress at design temperature 172.38 N/mm2
Root area of single bolt 3.4 cm2
Bolt Diameter 24 mm

Number of lug N = 4 mm
Overturing moment M = 1790 Nm
Operating weight of vessel W = 31780 N

Force on one Lug, Operating Condition

4 Flug = 8876.3 N
= +

Top Bar Plate Stress per Bednar p.154

0.75 F D L
S = Stpl = 16.417 N/mm2
T W H

Required thickness of top plate

0.75 F D L
= Ttpr = 2.2361 mm
S W H

Bearing Area
= Ba = 18750 mm2
Bending Stress in bottom Plate (Unif. Load) Per Bednar p.156
/
= here = 2.105 Spl = 38.926 N/mm2

Bottom Plate Required Thickness (Uniform Load)

/ Tplr = 7.9766 mm
=

Bottom Plate Required Thickness based on ADM S 3/4

trAD = 10.409 mm

= 0.71

Gusset Plate Axial Stress ( Force / Gusset Plate Area )

= 2
Sgp = 2.7481 N/mm2

Required gusset plate thickness

2 Tgpr = 0.3119 mm
=

Gusset Plate Allowable Stress

Maximum Compressive Gusset Plate Stress per Bednar

3
= SgpB = 6.3325 N/mm2

Gusset Plate Allowable Compressive Stress

18000 SgaB = 60.39 N/mm2

= 2
1
1+
18000
0.289