MATERIALS

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Stem Adapter - 4130 75K

The minimum material for this
body is 4130 Low Alloy Steel
with 75ksi Yield Strength.

Sy = 75000 psi

Allowable Stress Intensity at

Working Pressure per API 6A

Sall = Sy x

Allowable Shear Stress at

Working Pressure

all_W = Sy x

G = 23.8 x 10 psi

x 0.85

Sall = 42500 psi

x 0.85 x 0.5

all_W = 21250 psi

Shear Modulus (nominal for steel)

OPERATING CONDITIONS
Max. Working Pressure

Wp = 10000 psi

VALVE LOADS
There are two forces to consider:
1. Seating force
2. Un-Seating force
Seating Load - Force required to impart a stress on the Disc/Seat faces greater than the Working
Pressure of the valve.
Assume the valve is sealing on the upstream seat. The Stem thrust must then impart a load that will
deliver a gate seating stress greater than the working pressure by 1.25 times.
Wp = 10000 psi

Working Pressure

God = 6.644 in

Gate Sealing Diameter at OD of Seat Ring

Gid = 5.165 in

Gate Sealing Diameter at ID Seat Ring

Sdt = 1.498 in

Stem Diameter at Thread

Sod = 1.749 in

Stem Diameter at Packing

Ph = 0.83 in

Packing Height

Slf = 1.25

Sealing factor for Seat / Gate Contact stress

CfPkg = 0.20

Coefficient of friction graphite on Steel

Cfstem =0.15

Coefficient of friction Steel on Steel Greased

Cfgate = 0.15

Coefficient of friction Steel on Steel Greased

Ga =

[(

StL = [(Wp x Ga) Slf ]

) ]

Ga in2

Seat sealing surface area

StL = 171478.6 lbf

Load required to
seat against pressure
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SeatSt =

SeatSt = 12500 psi

Seat OD = 6.3 in
GaLoad = [(
StLDS =

Seat face sealing stress

Seat seal primary seal OD

) ]

[(

GaLoad = 31.17
) ]

SeatSt =

StLDS = 311745.11 lbf

SeatStDS = 22724.8 psi

Total Hydraulic load at Area

Load against Downstream seat
Downstream seat face Contact
Stress

= 15 deg

Angle of disc Driving face

Fhoriz = StL

Horizontal force required to create

seat Stress

= Cfgate

Friction Metal on Metal

F = Fhoriz x (sin())

F = 44373.7 lbf

Force down Angle

Fvert = F x cos()

Fvert = 42862.3 lbf

Vertical Force

Ff = Fhoriz x (sin() + cos())

Ff = 69219.4 lbf

Force down Angle - w/Friction

Fvertf = Ff x cos()

Fvertf = 66861.7 lbf

Vertical Force - w/Friction

GD = (

GD = 46758.8 lbf

Gate Drag on Downstream seat

) 0.7854 x x Wp

PkgL = Sod x Ph x Wp x 1.25

PkgL = 18145.9 lbf

Glc = Fvertf + PkgL + GD

Glc =131766.4 lbf

Glo = GD

Glo = 46758.8 lbf

Stem Packing Load

Force Required to affect a
positive seal
Force Required to Open

SHEAR STRESS at BEARING SHOULDER

Sbs = 1.62 in

OD of Stem Adapter Dia

leading up to flange

t = 0.9 in

Thickness of small flanged area

L1c = 2

L1c = 5.09 in

As = L1c t

As = 4.58 in

Ss=

Ss = 28765.3 psi

F of S = Allowable Shear Stress at WP / Ss

Bearing Load

Circumference at Loaded
point use the small flanged area
Available shear area

F of S = 0.74

Gic x 1.5 = 70138 lbf

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