ASME BPVC.VIII.
1-2015 UG-34
shell thickness, the corner radius on the inside is not less
than three times the flange thickness, and the welding
meets all the requirements for circumferential joints gi-
ven in Part UW.
(3) Sketch (b‐2). C = 0.33m but not less than 0.20 for
forged circular and noncircular heads integral with or
butt welded to the vessel, where the flange thickness is
not less than the shell thickness, the corner radius on
the inside is not less than the following:
The welding shall meet all the requirements for cir-
cumferential joints given in Part UW.
(4) Sketch (c). C = 0.13 for circular heads lap welded
or brazed to the shell with corner radius not less than 3t
and Y not less than required by eq. (1)(6) and the require-
ments of UW-13 are met.
C = 0.20 for circular and noncircular lap welded or
brazed construction as above, but with no special require-
ment with regard to Y.
C = 0.30 for circular flanged plates screwed over the
end of the vessel, with inside corner radius not less than
3t, in which the design of the threaded joint against fail-
ure by shear, tension, or compression, resulting from
the end force due to pressure, is based on a factor of
safety of at least four, and the threaded parts are at least
as strong as the threads for standard piping of the same
diameter. Seal welding may be used, if desired.
(5) Sketch (d). C = 0.13 for integral flat circular heads
when the dimension d does not exceed 24 in. (600 mm),
the ratio of thickness of the head to the dimension d is not
less than 0.05 or greater than 0.25, the head thickness th
is not less than the shell thickness ts, the inside corner ra-
dius is not less than 0.25t , and the construction is ob-
tained by special techniques of upsetting and spinning
the end of the shell, such as employed in closing header
ends.
(6) Sketches (e), (f), and (g). C = 0.33m but not less
than 0.20 for circular plates, welded to the inside of a ves-
sel, and otherwise meeting the requirements for the re-
spective types of welded vessels. If a value of m less
than 1 is used in calculating t, the shell thickness ts shall
be maintained along a distance inwardly from the inside
face of the head equal to at least . The throat thick-
ness of the fillet welds in sketches (e) and (f) shall be at
least 0.7ts. The size of the weld tw in sketch (g) shall be
not less than 2 times the required thickness of a seamless
shell nor less than 1.25 times the nominal shell thickness
but need not be greater than the head thickness; the weld
shall be deposited in a welding groove with the root of the
weld at the inner face of the head as shown in the sketch.
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C = 0.33 for noncircular plates, welded to the inside
of a vessel and otherwise meeting the requirements for
the respective types of welded vessels. The throat thick-
ness of the fillet welds in sketches (e) and (f) shall be at
least 0.7ts. The size of the weld tw in sketch (g) shall be
not less than 2 times the required thickness of a seamless
shell nor less than 1.25 times the nominal shell thickness
but need not be greater than the head thickness; the weld
shall be deposited in a welding groove with the root of the
weld at the inner face of the head as shown in the sketch.
(7) Sketch (h). C = 0.33 for circular plates welded to
the end of the shell when ts is at least 1.25tr and the weld
details conform to the requirements of UW-13(e) and Fig-
ure UW-13.2 sketches (a) to (g) inclusive. See also
UG-93(d)(3).
(8) Sketch (i). C = 0.33m but not less than 0.20 for cir-
cular plates if an inside fillet weld with minimum throat
thickness of 0.7ts is used and the details of the outside
weld conform to the requirements of UW-13(e) and Fig-
ure UW-13.2 sketches (a) to (g) inclusive, in which the in-
side weld can be considered to contribute an amount
equal to ts to the sum of the dimensions a and b . See also
UG-93(d)(3).
(9) Sketches (j) and (k). C = 0.3 for circular and non-
circular heads and covers bolted to the vessel as indicated
in the figures. Note that eq. (c)(2)(2) or (c)(3)(5) shall be
used because of the extra moment applied to the cover by
the bolting.
When the cover plate is grooved for a peripheral gas-
ket, as shown in sketch (k), the net cover plate thickness
under the groove or between the groove and the outer
edge of the cover plate shall be not less than
for circular heads and covers, nor less than
for noncircular heads and covers.
(10) Sketches (m), (n), and (o). C = 0.3 for a circular
plate inserted into the end of a vessel and held in place
by a positive mechanical locking arrangement, and when
all possible means of failure (either by shear, tension,
compression, or radial deformation, including flaring, re-
sulting from pressure and differential thermal expansion)
are resisted with a factor of safety of at least four. Seal
welding may be used, if desired.
(11) Sketch (p). C = 0.25 for circular and noncircular
covers bolted with a full‐face gasket, to shells, flanges or
side plates.
(12) Sketch (q). C = 0.75 for circular plates screwed
into the end of a vessel having an inside diameter d not
exceeding 12 in. (300 mm); or for heads having an inte-
gral flange screwed over the end of a vessel having an in-
side diameter d not exceeding 12 in. (300 mm); and when
the design of the threaded joint, against failure by shear,