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PD 6439:1969

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A review of the methods of calculating stresses due to local loads and local attachments of pressure vessels

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Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

28-11-1969

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This is the fourth memorandum in the series prepared by Committee E/-/3 and reviews the rules given in British Standards and other documents for calculating stresses due to local loads and local attachments. It comments on the application of the rules and recommends areas in which further theoretical and experimental study is required. Prepared by Dr. R. Kitching of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology it has been scrutinized and approved by the various committees responsible for particular British Standards for pressure vessels. Covers: Local loads on cylindrical shells, Other methods of analysis, Limitations of analysis, Local loads on spherical shells, Bracket attachments without intermediate pads, Pressure Stresses, Thermal Stresses, Horizontal vessel supports and Recommendations

Committee
PVE/1
DevelopmentNote
Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, January 2010. (12/2009)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
12
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
UNE-EN ISO 3369:2011 Identical

BS PD5500(2012) : 2012 SPECIFICATION FOR UNFIRED FUSION WELDED PRESSURE VESSELS
EEMUA 101 : 2013 LIFTING POINTS - A DESIGN GUIDE

BS 1515-1:1965 Fusion welded pressure vessels for use in the chemical, petroleum and allied industries

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