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Power Piping - Straight Pipe Wall Thickness Design under Internal Pressure (Section 104.1)

📐 STEP 1/8: Pipe Geometry
ℹ️ Information: Dimensions conform to ASME B36.10M (welded and seamless steel pipe). Schedule defines wall thickness for a given DN.
🌡️ STEP 2/8: Service Conditions
📋 ASME B31.1 Rule:
• Pdesign = max(Pservice + 1 bar, Pservice × 1.10)
• Tdesign = Tservice + 15°C (if T ≥ 0°C)
• Tdesign = max(Tservice - 10°C, -29°C) (if T < 0°C)
🧪 STEP 3/8: ASME Material Selection
⚙️ STEP 4/8: ASME B31.1 Parameters
📌 Important Notes:
S : Allowable stress based on T and material (ASME Table A-1)
E : Weld joint efficiency (0.80 to 1.0 depending on method)
W : High temperature reduction factor (1.0 if T ≤ 510°C)
y : Temperature coefficient (0.4 to 0.7 depending on T and steel type)
A : Allowance for corrosion/erosion/threading
📐 STEP 5/8: ASME B31.1 Formula Equation (7)

ASME B31.1-2022 Section 104.1.2(a) - Straight Pipes under Internal Pressure

tm = (P × Do) / [2(SE + Py)] + A
Note: This formula applies when e < Do/6 et P < 0.385 SE
Nomenclature:
tm : Minimum required thickness (mm)
P : Internal design pressure (MPa)
Do : Outside diameter (mm)
S : Material allowable stress (MPa)
E : Weld joint efficiency
y : Temperature coefficient (Table 104.1.2-1)
A : Additional allowance (mm)

✅ ÉTAPE 6/8 : Résultats de Calcul

Minimum calculated thickness tm
— mm
Thickness with tolerance 12.5%
— mm
Available thickness (Schedule)
— mm
Safety margin
— %
Schedule Number calculé
Recommended Schedule

📋 ÉTAPE 7/8 : Détails des Calculs (Step by Step)

🔧 ÉTAPE 8/8 : Hydrostatic Test Pressure (Section 137.4.5)

📏 Test Pressure Calculation

Ptest = 1.5 × Pdesign
✓ Procédure ASME B31.1 Section 137.4:
• Maintenir Ptest pendant minimum 10 minutes
• Réduire à Pdesign pour inspection des joints
• Examiner tous joints et connexions
• Aucune fuite visible (sauf presse-étoupe pompes/vannes)
• Test fluid: clean water (minimize corrosion)

📊 TABLEAU 104.1.2-1 - Coefficient y selon Temperature et Matériau

Type de Matériau Temperature de Calcul
≤482°C
(900°F)
510°C
(950°F)
538°C
(1000°F)
566°C
(1050°F)
593°C
(1100°F)
621°C
(1150°F)
649°C
(1200°F)
≥677°C
(1250°F)
Aciers ferritiques
(Carbon & Alloy Steel)
0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Aciers austénitiques
(Stainless Steel 304, 316, etc.)
0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7
Alliage nickel UNS N06690 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7
Alliages nickel
(N06617, N08800, N08810, N08825)
0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7
Fonte (Cast Iron) 0.0
⚠️ NOTE SPÉCIALE: Pour Do/tm < 6, utiliser la formule: y = d / (d + Do) pour aciers ferritiques et austénitiques à T ≤ 482°C.

📊 Facteur W - Réduction Résistance Soudure (Para. 102.4.7)

Temperature T ≤ 510°C 566°C 621°C 677°C 732°C 788°C ≥815°C
Aciers ferritiques 1.0 0.93 0.85 0.78 0.70 0.62 0.5
Aciers austénitiques 1.0 0.96 0.92 0.84 0.76 0.63 0.5
ℹ️ Information: Le facteur W tient compte de la réduction de résistance des welds à haute température (domaine du fluage). Interpolation linéaire autorisée.
📊 GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS ASME B31.1 - Design Aid

🌡️ Maximum allowable pressure vs Temperature (current DN and thickness)

📊 Max allowable pressure per DN (at current temperature)

📐 ASME B31.1 Equations (7) and (8) per DN

🔥 Thermal map DN × Temperature (Maximum allowable pressure)

⚠️ WARNING

This calculator is a design aid tool. Results must be validated by a qualified engineer.
Compliance ASME B31.1-2022 - Power Piping - Section 104.1.2

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