300 Pressure Vessel Design Manual

fb ¼ Stress, bending, PSI

fC ¼ Stress, compressive, PSI Hold down or
balls
fT ¼ Stress, tension, PSI
F ¼ Total load of bed, Lbs
Fb ¼ Allowable bending stress, PSI
Filter media,
Fbr ¼ Allowable stress, bearing, PSI packing, catalyst,
etc.
FC ¼ Allowable stress, compression, PSI
FS ¼ Allowable stress, shear, PSI
Fy ¼ Minimum specified yield strength at design
temperature, PSI
Moment of inertia, in4
Beam
I ¼ Ring
K ¼ End connection coefficient per AISC
K1 ¼ Vertical distance from bottom of beam flange to Clip
Beam seat
top of fillet on web, in
LL ¼ Live load, Lbs r

M ¼ Moment, in-Lbs D

nb ¼ Number of bolts required

ng ¼ Number of bearing bars per foot
Nb ¼ Minimum bearing length, in Grating, support plate
vapor distributor,
N ¼ Number of beams etc.
P ¼ Concentrated load, Lbs
PL ¼ Product load, Lbs Slot clip

Pc ¼ Free area in packing/catalyst, %

p ¼ Uniform load over entire bed, PSI
r ¼ Radius of gyration, in
R ¼ End reactions, Lbs
Ra ¼ Root area of bolt, in2
S ¼ Allowable stress in shell, tension, PSI
SU ¼ Minimum specified tensile strength, PSI
t ¼ Thickness, in Screen

Tn ¼ Tension force in beam, Lbs

tw ¼ Thickness of web, in
WC ¼ Weight, contents, (catalyst, packing, etc) Lbs Some applications
We ¼ Weight of entrained liquid, Lbs require packing
in this area
Wg ¼ Weight, grating, Lbs
Wb ¼ Weight, beams, Lbs
wf ¼ Size of fillet weld, in
wn ¼ Uniform load on beam, Lbs/in
Volume, catalyst/packing, Ft3
Put slot in
Vc ¼ beam seat for
Z ¼ Section modulus, PSI thermal expansion

d ¼ Deflection, in
DP ¼ Differential pressure loading Figure 5-1. Typical support arrangements and details of
an internal bed.

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