ASME VIII Div. 1- 2 Joint Efficiency

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C

airo

I

nspection

C

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Eng. Ibrahim Eldesoky

ASNT –NDT-LEVEL III

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Session Objectives

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Determine when to apply a joint efficiency

"E" in pressure vessel design calculations.

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Review and understand the terms joint

"category“ and "type".



Determine the correct "E" value based on

joint type and degree of radiography.

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Review ASME stamping requirements

when radiography is performed.

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Solve sample problems

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Referenced Code Paragraphs

 UG-27 Shells under internal under pressure.

 UG-32 Formed heads, pressure on the

concave side.

 UW-3 Welded joint category.

 Figure UW-3 Illustration of Welded Joint

Location.

 UW-12 Joint efficiencies

 Table UW-12 Maximum allowable joint

efficiencies

 UG-116(e) Required marking (nameplates or

direct stamping)

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UG-27 Thickness of Shells Under

Internal Pressure

An efficiency value "E" applies only to shells

under internal pressure.

Shell in tension

_{Shell in compression}

Pressure

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E =

joint efficiency for, or the efficiency of

appropriate joint in cylindrical or

spherical shells, or the efficiency of

ligaments between openings, whichever

is less.

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E =

lowest efficiency of any joint in

the head; for hemispherical heads,

this includes head-to-shell joint

compression

tension

Pressure

Convex

Concave

UG-32 Formed Heads and

Sections,

Pressure on the Concave Side

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Example:

Vessel subject to internal pressure

Convex Head

_{Concave Head}

UG-32 Formed Heads and

Sections,

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The term Category as used herein

defines the location of a joint in a vessel,

but not the type of joint.



Categories are assigned based on the

type and degree of stresses imposed at

various locations within a vessel.



Joints included in each category are

designated as A, B, C or D.

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(a) Category A



Longitudinal joints within the main shell, communicating

chambers (eg. sumps), transitions in diameter, or nozzles,



any joint in a sphere, formed or flat head or side plates in

flat sided vessels,



circumferential welded joints connecting hemispherical

heads to shells, nozzles, or to communicating chambers.

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(b) Category B



Circumferential welded joints within the main shell,

communicating chambers or transitions in diameter,



circumferential welded joints connecting formed heads

other than hemispherical to main shells, transitions in

diameter, to nozzles, or to communicating chambers.

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Head attachment

Category A joint

examples

any joint in a sphere

_{hemi head to shell}

Category B joint

Cylindrical

straight flange

(skirt)

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(c) Category C

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Welded joints connecting flanges, Van Stone laps,

tube sheets, or flat heads to:



main shells, to formed heads,



to transitions in diameter, to nozzles or to

communicating chambers,

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Any welded joint connecting one side plate to

another side plate of a flat sided vessel.

(d) Category D

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Welded joints connecting communicating chambers

or nozzles to: main shells, spheres, transitions in

diameter, to heads, flat sided vessels, and nozzles to

communicating chambers

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8 Joint types are identified.

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Type 1 has the highest efficient, type 6 has the

lowest efficient. Types 7 and 8 have no assigned

efficiency.

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Types 1 through 3 are butt joints, types 4 through

6 are lap joints. Type 7 is a corner joint and 8 is an

angle joint.

Only type 1 and 2 butt joints may be radiographed

in order to improve efficiency.

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Examples:

Type 1, Butt welded, both sides must be

visible

Examples:

Type 2, butt welded with backing

Fig. UW-13.1 sketch (k)

"joggle joint"

backing left in place

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Examples:

Type 3, single welded butt welded

without backing

not viewed internally -eg. small diameter pipe or

assemblies with space or visibility restrictions

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Examples:

Type 5, single full fillet lap joints

with plug welds

Plug Weld

Examples:

Type 6,single full fillet lap joint

without plug welds

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UW-12 Joint Efficiencies

Table UW-12 gives the joint efficiencies "E" to be used

in the formulas of this Division for joints completed by

gas or an arc welding process.

Except as required by UW-11(a)(5),

a joint efficiency

depends only on the type of joint and the degree of

examination of the joint and doesn't depend on the

degree of examination of any other joint.

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The user or his designated agent [U-2(a)] shall

establish the type of joint and the degree of

examination when the rules of this Division do not

mandate specific requirements.

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(a)

full radiography

(b)

spot radiography

(c)

no radiograph

(d)

seamless pressure vessel

sections and heads

(e)

welded pipe or tubing

(f)

welds completed by pressure

welding processes

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UW-12(b) Spot radiography



Per column (b) of Table UW-12



Performed per UW-52 [see UW-11(b)]*

* Minimum one film (at least 6 inches long) per

welder for each 50 foot increment of deposited weld

metal.

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UW-12(c) No Radiography

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UW-12(f) Pressure Welding Processes



A value of E not greater than 0.80 for welds

completed by any of the pressure welding

processes listed in UW-27(a).

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UW-12( a) Full Radiography



Use the efficiency specified in column (a) of

Table UW12, except when the requirements of

UW-11(a)(5) are not met, a value not greater

than that listed in column (b) of Table UW-12

shall be used.

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UW-11(a)(5)

applies to all Category A or D butt welds in

vessel sections and heads designed per UW-12(a), in which

case:

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(a) Category A and B welds connecting vessel sections

or heads shall be Type 1 or 2 of Table

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(b) Category B or C butt welds which intersect category

A butt welds in vessel sections or heads, or connect

seamless vessel sections or heads shall as a minimum,

meet the requirements for spot radiography per UW 2.

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UW-52(b)(4)

Radiographs required at specific locations

to satisfy the rules of other paragraphs, such as UW-9(d),

UW11(a)(5)(b). and UW-14(b), shall not be used to satisfy

the rules for spot radiography.

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UW-12(a) Full Radiography



Use column (a) of Table 12, except when

UW-11(a)(5) is not met, use column (b) of Table UW-12.

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UW 12(d) Seamless Vessel Sections and Heads



are considered equivalent to welded parts of the same

geometry, in which and all Category A welds are type 1.

Formed head

other than hemi

Hemi head

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UW-12(d)

can't... For calculations involving circumferential

stress in vessel sections or for the thickness of seamless

heads, E = 1.0 when the spot radiography requirements of UW

11(a) (5)(b) are met, or 0.85 when they are not met.

Formed head

other than hemi

Hemi head

UW-11(a)(5)(b) spot RT performed, E= 1.0

UW-11(a)(5)(b) spot RT not met, E= 0.85

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UW-12(e)

Welded pipe or tubing shall be treated in the*

same manner as seamless, but with the allowable tensile

stress taken from the welded product values of the stress

tables, and the requirements of UW-12(d) applied.

*

Manufactured in accordance with a material

specification permitted by this Division, not fabricated by

the vessel manufacturer as a vessel part. (eg. ERW pipe)

Welded, but treated

like seamless

[UW-12(d)]

UW-11(a)(5)(b) spot RT performed, E= 1.0

UW-11(a)(5)(b) spot RT not met, E= 0.85

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UG-116(e) Required Marking

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When a vessel has been radiographed in

accordance with UW-11, marking shall be

applied under the Code symbol

as follows:



RT-1



RT-2



RT-3

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UG-116(e) Required Marking

RT-l,

Full radiography of all pressure retaining butt welded

joints, except Category B & C butt welds in nozzles and

communicating chambers that neither exceed IMPS 10

(DN 250) nor 1-1/8 in. (29mm).

RT-2,

when the complete vessel satisfies the

requirements of UW 11(a)(5) and when spot RT rules of

UW 11(a)(5)(b) have been applied.

Formed head,

Other than

Hemi

Hemi head

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UG-116(e) Required Marking

RT-3,

when the complete vessel satisfies the spot

radiography rules of UW-11(b).

RT-4,

when only part of the complete vessel has satisfied

the radiographic requirements of UW-11(a) or where none

of the markings RT-1, RT-2, or RT 3 are applicable

Formed head,

Other than

Hemi

Hemi head

Formed head,

Other than

Hemi

Hemi head