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Flange design with ASME section VIII div. 1 Appendix Y

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kvin27_epn

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Aug 11, 2020
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Hello everyone, I'm designing a small vacuum chamber with a viewport like the one in the image with the . My problem is I don't really know which category and class this kind of flanges fit in.

small_vacuum_chamber_emfhys.jpg


Also I calculated the wall thickness as a shell under external pressure, taking the total length L from the base of the chamber to where the flanges meet like in the picture, is this approache ok or is there another way to calculate it?
 
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