Cone with junctions to cylinders
under inside pressure and outer machanical loads acc. to PD5500:2003 Appendix B
Attention!
This calculation is only a simplified estimation and does not replace a detailed design calculation.
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Value
Unit
Cone outside diameter up
mm
Cone outside diameter down
mm
Cone height
mm
Upper cylinder wall thickness
mm
Cone wall thickness up (reinforced)
mm
Unreinforced cone wall thickness
mm
Cone wall thickness down (reinforced)
mm
Lower cylinder wall thickness
mm
Inside radius of the upper knuckle curvature
mm
Inside radius of the lower knuckle curvature
mm
Wall thickness tolerance inside
mm
Wall thickness tolerance outside
mm
Design stress for the upper cylinder
N/mm²
Design stress for the cone up
N/mm²
Design stress for the cone down
N/mm²
Design stress for the lower cylinder
N/mm²
Forces and moments at upper cone section
Load case
c
2i
mm
c
2o
mm
p
bar
F
kN
W
kN
M
kN·m
T
kN·m