<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top">Sean,<br/><br/>Would the heavy stiffener rule apply equally to several cone segments stepping down at different angles?<br/><br/>Also, do ASME pipe flange specifications translate equally to bolted pressure hull sections? Have I missed a section somewhere on bolted cylindrical sections?<br/><br/>Very helpful Sean thank you!<br/><br/>Joe<a href="http://overview.mail.yahoo.com?.src=iOS"><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad</a></td></tr></table> <div id="_origMsg_">
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<td valign="top"><p dir="ltr">2:1 semi-elliptical heads are usually fabricated with some length of straight flange (tangential cylindrical section) beyond the axis of the ellipse. Hemispherical heads may or may not have a straight flange section, but in either case are permissible to use adjacent to conical sections, provided all other requirements are met. For stiffened cones, you must have stiffeners meeting the "heavy stiffener" criteria at both ends, as close as practicable to the cone-to-cylinder and cone-to-head transitions. For unstiffened cones, the length L_c used in overall buckling calculations must be the total length between the next heavy stiffener to either side of the entire compartment length, or between the 40% of head depth points if otherwise unbounded. Cone to head welds are done in the same manner as cone to cylinder welds, and if your head is supplied with a flange, it is the same
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<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yqt0441202464" id="yqt18831"><div class="gmail_quote">On May 2, 2014 2:48:52 PM MDT, Joe Perkel via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;">
<div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt;"><div id="yiv5940529079"><div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="yiv5940529079yui_3_13_0_1_1399062090988_3073">I have spotted the ABS diagrams and specifications for re-enforcement and butt welds at conical to cylinder transitions. I am somewhat unclear however as to terminating at the head.</div><div id="yiv5940529079yui_3_13_0_9_1399062090988_6"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv5940529079yui_3_13_0_9_1399062090988_7">For example, the diagrams in the 2014 ABS underwater vehicles and hyperbaric chamber publication shows conical transitions either bordered by a cylinder at either end, or simply open at the small end???</div><div
id="yiv5940529079yui_3_13_0_9_1399062090988_9"><br clear="none"></div> I want to terminate the small end of a conical transition directly to a small diameter hemi-head without another straight section, but I am unclear as to whether or not that is acceptable
in practice.</div><div id="yiv5940529079yui_3_13_0_9_1399062090988_12"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv5940529079yui_3_13_0_9_1399062090988_13">Joe</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><p style="margin-top:2.5em;margin-bottom:1em;border-bottom:1px solid #000;"></p><pre class="k9mail"></pre><hr><br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"></td>
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