Input variables

Generic variables

These variables can be found in virtually all reports as input variables

Design Pressure – P_c: Pressure assumed to be present in the component according to the design terms
Design Temperature – T: Temperature assumed to be present in the component according to the design terms
Material: Name of selected material used for the construction of the component

These variables are component specific

Outside Diameter – D_o: Outside diameter of the attached part. The diameter runs from the outside of the wall to the opposite outside of the wall, through the center of the circle.
Nominal Thickness – e_n: Thickness ‘as is’, meaning it is the design thickness taking into account corrosion and tolerance.
Corrosion – c₀: Amount of thickness that accounts for the possible effects of corrosions.
Tolerance – c₁: Tolerance in thickness for production
Infinite length – L′: The unsupported lenght of the shell is infitely long, meaning the external pressure can not collapse the shell.
Maximum unsupported length – L: Maximum length of the straight part of the pipe that is unsupported.

Pipe

Allowable stress at operating temperature – S: Stress in the component at which it is still allowed (without failure) to use the component.
Yield strength at operating temperature – R_pt: Stress in the component at which the component starts to plastically deform at operating temperature.
Modulus of elasticity – E_t: Tendency to deform (tensile strain) along an axis when opposing forces (tensile stress) are applied along that axis.
Poisson's ratio – ν: (Negative) ratio of transverse to axial strain. An extension (or contraction) in the direction of a load corresponds in a contraction (or extension) in a direction perpendicular to the applied load. The ratio between these two quantities is the Poisson's ratio.
Number of circumferential waves – n_cyl: Number of circumferential waves for an unstiffened part of cylinder. The value is an integer ≥ 2 to minimize the value of P_m
Critical strain – ε: Mean elastic strain at collapse
Yield pressure – P_y: Pressure at which mean circumferential stress in cylindrical shell midway between stiffeners reaches yield point of material.
Critical pressure – P_m: Theoretical elastic instability pressure for collapse of perfect cylindrical shell
Critical pressure – P_r: Lower bound collapse pressure
Maximum Allowable Pressure – P_a: The maximum pressure at which the component can be used in operation. This value should be larger than the design pressure.

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Restricted unsupported length: L = x mm: The unsupported length is restricted to a maximum: L ≤ L′

Can't calculate maximum unsupported length for external pressure.: The shell has insufficient strength to determine the unsupported length.