THERMOWELL STRENGTH CALCULATION Mar.25, 2014 AE 5-7457 REC.NO.

ASME PTC 19.3 TW-2010

[ PROCESS CONDITION ]
(1)
(2) Tag No. EXAMPLE - FLUIDIC LIMITED
(3) T
Operating temperature °C 25
(4) P
Operating pressure MPaG 1.00
3
(5) Fluid density kg/m 0.817
(6) Fluid viscosity cP 0.0115
(7) Flow rate Q
(8) Pipe.inner dia. DD mm
(9) Fluid velocity V m/s 20.33
[ THERMOWELL SPECIFICATION ] STEP 1 Type of Thermowell : B2
(10) Material 316SS
(11) Root out.dia. A mm 26.0
(12) Tip out.dia. B mm 18.0
(13) Bore d mm 6.6
(14) Insertion length L mm 400.0 (16) Fillet radius b mm 3.0
.0
(15) Actual insertion length LA mm 251.0
251.0 (17) Tip thickness t mm 5.0

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[ CALCULATION RESULT ]
[1] Frequency Limit Calc. Judgement : Fail Reynolds No. Re 25 943 ” 10^5
Strouhal frequency fs Hz 216.8 Scruton No. o. NSCC 41.700
41.7 > 2.5
c
Natural frequency fn Hz 131.3 Inline resonance velocity VIR 5.9 m/s
2
Stress
esss at VIR Somax= 1.6 < FT FE Sf = 62.8 N/mm

[2]

[3]
Frequency ratio

Dynamic Stress Calc.

c
fs / fn = 1.651 > 0.8
Steady-State Stress Calc. Judgement :
Stress using the Von Mises criteria N/mm
Judgement :
Pass
2

Pass
s
0.23
233
W Upper frequency ratio limit

<
limi

Allowable stress 1.5S

All N/mm
2
193.50

2 2
e
Combind drag and lift stresses Somax N/mm 0.111 < Allowable stress FT FE Sf
A
Allo N/mm 62.80
[4] Pressure Stress Calc. Judgement : Pass
Operating pressure P MPa 1.00 < pre
External pressure r
rating for tip shank Pc MPa 61.74
pl

Operating pressure P MPa 1.00

.00 < pressure rating for the tip
External pressu
pr Pt MPa 569.51

[ REMARKS ] Strouhal No. NS 0.19

2
Fatigue endurance limit Sf N/mm 62.8 Dumping factor 0.0005
am

Allowable stress S N/mm2 129.0

129. Stress concentration factor 1.4
Sensor average density
y s kg/m3 2 700 Drag coefficient CD 1.40
2
Young’s modulus E N/m
N/mm 1 834
194 Oscillating-drag coefficient Cd 0.10
3
Density of thermowell
mowelll m k
kg/m 7 980 Oscillating-lift coefficient Cl 1.00
[ Calculation Method : ASME PTC
PT 19.3 TW-2010 ]
TC 19. Magnification factor (VIR) F Mmax 1000.0
[1] Frequency
cy Limit Calc.
V
S

3
requency
equency
Strouhal frequency fs = St 10
c
D 2
2
E I 12
ency
ncy
Natural Frequency fn =Hc fn fn=Hf Haf Has fa fa =
2 L
2
m 10
2 VB
Scruton No. NSC = ( m )[1-(d/B) ] Reynolds No. Re =
Cyclic stress at the VIR
2
Somax = Kt (Sd +SL )
2 1/2 1 2 -6 2
Sd = GSP F'Mmax Pd Pd = CdVIR 0 N/mm
( SL=0 ) c 2
2
Bfn 16L
4 {3[1-(L0 /L) ]+2(B/A-1)[1-(L0 /L) ]}
2 3
Inline resonance velocity VIR = m/s GSP = 2
2NS 3 A [1-(d/A) ] L0 = L - LA
[2] Steady-State Stress Calc. at the V 2 2 2
(Smax- Sr) +(Smax- St) +(St - Sr) 1 2 -6
Von Mises criteria ” 1.5S Sd = GSP PD PD =
2
CDV 0
2 1 2 -6
[3] Dynamic Stress Calc. at the V Somax = Kt (Sd2+SL2)1/2 N/mm2 SL = GSP FM Pl Pl = 2 ClV 0 2
(Same equation of cyclic stress) F = F'M = 0.1
N/mm
M 0.6
[4] Pressure Stress Calc. (Max. Pressure)
2.167
External pressure rating for tip shank Pc = 0.66S[ 2B/(B - d)
- 0.0833 ] MPa
S
External pressure rating for the tip Pt = ( t )2 MPa
0.13 d

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