Thanks SnTMan! This is exactly what we would like to justify. I just didn't take the time to create a sketch... I will in the future. Typically we follow Code for weld geometries but I have been unsuccessful finding Code design rules for this scenario.
Thanks cbPVme! I completely agree...
Thanks for the input! Does the attached iso view without flat heads help clarify further? Still U-2(g) consensus...? or can anyone point me to a possible asme design rules for the ring in between the shell and flange??? Thanks again for the council...
Hello Marty007, my apologies. The previous pic is a detail of a section view of a spiral HX (see attached). We are trying to reinforce the shell at the shell-flange-head interface with a flat ring on shell in between shell and ASME sec VII D1 appendix 2 flange. My AI is reluctant to accept...
Hello, I am attempting to justify the use of a reinforcing ring (10mm thick by 100mm length by 1265 OD)around the circumference of a shell (10mm thick by 1500mm length by 1245 OD)in-between the shell and the flange. This is reinforcement at the head ends of the shell. ASME BPVC.VIII.1-2015 1-1...
