Design of Blind Flange

Design Condition
Design Pressure P 9.81 bar Allowable Stress
Design Temperature 90 °C Flange N/mm2 Bolting N/mm2
Flange material SA-182 F316 At design temp Sfo 120.86 At design temp Sb 171.96
Bolt material SA-320 L7 At ambient temp Sfa 138 At ambient temp Sa 171.96
Corrosion Allowance 0 mm Bolt Size M20 Joint Eff E 1
Allowable stress of shell at design temperature 138 Full bolt load No

Flange Dimensions Remark

Bolt circle diameter C 392 mm BCD
Flange outside diameter A 435 mm OD
Provided edge distance E' 25 mm OK
Provided number of bolt 16

Gasket type & MOC Remark

Gasket outside diameter GO 355 mm
Gasket inside diameter GI 335 mm
Width N 10 mm OK
Basic Gasket width bo 5.000 mm
Effective gasket width b 5.000 mm
Gasket load reaction diameter G 345.00 mm
Gasket seating load y 44.82 N/mm2
Gasket factor m 3.5
Minimum gasket contact width Nmin Ab*Sa/(y*Π*(GO+GI)) 6.147 mm Brown Young

Length of Partition Gasket Lp 921.0 mm

Width of Partition Gasket tp 7.0 mm
Partition Gasket Factor mpart 3.5
Partition Gasket Design Seating Stress ypart 44.820 N/mm2

Load and bolt calculation Remark

Hydrostatic End force H (Π/4)*G2*P 91676.972 N
Total joint-contact surface compression load HP 2*Π*G*m*b*P 59331.052 N
Minimum required bolt load for the operating conditions Wm1 HP+H 151008 N
Minimum required bolt load for gasket seating Wm2 Π*y*b*G 387367.94 N
Total cross-sectional area of bolts required for the Am Max(Wm2/Sa,Wm1/Sb) 2252.663 mm2
operating conditions
Cross-sectional area of the bolts using the root diameter of the Ab 3472.816 mm2 SAFE
thread
Flange design bolt load, for the operating conditions or gasket W 0.5*(Am+Ab)*Sa 492276.69 N
seating
For full bolt load condition W Sa*Ab 597185 N
Radial distance from gasket load reaction to the bolt circle hG 0.5*(C-G) 23.50 mm

Thickness Required
Factor depending upon the method of attachment C' 0.3
Required thickness under operating cond G√[(C'*P/S*E)+(1.9*Wm1*hG/S*E*G3)] 21 mm
Required thickness under gasket seating cond G√[(1.9*Wm1*hG)/(S*E*G3)] 23 mm
Hence the required thickness of the blind cover 23 mm
Provided thickness of blind flange 27.00 mm
Maximum bolt spacing Bsmax 2a+[6*t/(m+0.5)] 80.500 mm
Provided bolt spacing BS 76.475 mm OK

Required blind thickness at the centre = 22.96 mm

Provided blind thickness at the centre = 27.00 mm