MANDATORY APPENDIX 30 RULES FOR DRILLED HOLES NOT PENETRATING THROUGH VESSEL WALL

30-1 SCOPE an unreinforced opening shall satisfy the requirements of UG-36(c)(3)(c) and (c)(3)(d). 30-2(c)(2) Partially drilled holes shall not be placed within the limits of reinforcement of a reinforced opening. 30-2(d) The outside edge of the hole shall be chamfered; for at bottom holes, the inside bottom corner of the hole shall have a minimum radius of the lesser of 14 in. (6 mm) or d/4. 30-2(e) These rules are not applicable to studded connections (see UG-43) and telltale holes (UG-25). 30-3 D P S d t tmin NOMENCLATURE vessel inside diameter design pressure (see UG-21) maximum allowable stress value diameter of drilled hole nominal thickness in corroded condition remaining wall thickness

Partially drilled radial holes in cylindrical and spherical shells may be used provided they are 2.0 in. (50 mm) or less in diameter and the shell diameter to thickness ratio D/t 10. The acceptance criterion for the depth of the hole is the plot of the ratio tmin/t versus d/D that is on or above the curve in Fig. 30-1.

30-2

SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS

In addition, the following conditions shall be met. 30-2(a) The minimum remaining wall thickness tmin shall not be less than 0.25 in. (6 mm). 30-2(b) The calculated average shear stress, p Pd/ 4tmin, in the remaining wall shall not exceed 0.8S. 30-2(c) 30-2(c)(1) The center line distance between any two such drilled holes or between a partially drilled hole and

Symbols used in this Appendix are as follows. p p p p p p

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FIG. 30-1 THICKNESS RATIO VERSUS DIAMETER RATIO

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