ASME 31.4 has been defining piping safety since 1922.

Pipe wall thickness based on ASME B31.3

Required thickness Selected thickness

SIZE D t Is D>6t? tm tr SCH Thickness
1/2" 21.3 0.22 YES 2.22 2.54 160 4.78
3/4" 26.7 0.28 YES 2.28 2.60 160 5.56
3" 88.9 0.92 YES 2.92 3.34 80 7.62
4" 114.3 1.18 YES 3.18 3.64 80 8.56
6" 168.3 1.74 YES 3.74 4.28 80 10.97
8" 219.1 2.27 YES 4.27 4.88 80 12.7
Pipe wall thickness based on ASME B31.3

Required thickness Selected thickness

SIZE D t Is D>6t? tm tr SCH Thickness
1/2" 21.3 0.22 YES 2.22 2.54 160 4.78
3/4" 26.7 0.28 YES 2.28 2.60 160 5.56
3" 88.9 0.92 YES 2.92 3.34 80 7.62
4" 114.3 1.18 YES 3.18 3.64 80 8.56
6" 168.3 1.74 YES 3.74 4.28 80 10.97
8" 219.1 2.27 YES 4.27 4.88 80 12.7
Pipe wall thickness based on ASME B31.3

Required thickness Selected thickness

SIZE D t Is D>6t? tm tr SCH Thickness
1/2" 21.3 0.22 YES 2.22 2.54 160 4.78
 3/4" 26.7 0.28 YES 2.28 2.60 160 5.56
3" 88.9 0.92 YES 2.92 3.34 80 7.62
4" 114.3 1.18 YES 3.18 3.64 80 8.56
6" 168.3 1.74 YES 3.74 4.28 80 10.97
8" 219.1 2.27 YES 4.27 4.88 80 12.7

ASME B31.3 contains requirements for piping typically found in petroleum refineries; chemical,
pharmaceutical, textile, paper, semiconductor, and cryogenic plants; and related processing plants
and terminals. It covers materials and components, design, fabrication, assembly, erection,
examination, inspection, and testing of piping.

Pipe wall thickness based on ASME B31.3

Required thickness Selected thickness

SIZE D t Is D>6t? tm tr SCH Thickness
1/2" 21.3 0.22 YES 2.22 2.54 160 4.78
3/4" 26.7 0.28 YES 2.28 2.60 160 5.56
3" 88.9 0.92 YES 2.92 3.34 80 7.62
4" 114.3 1.18 YES 3.18 3.64 80 8.56
6" 168.3 1.74 YES 3.74 4.28 80 10.97
8" 219.1 2.27 YES 4.27 4.88 80 12.7

This procedure is intended for use in evaluating loads acting on the nozzles of the equipment
indicated below, in order

t
o determine whether they are allowable or not.

Loads used herein refer to the forces and moments originating from dead weight, internal pressure
and thermal

expansion and contraction, but do not include loads due to earthquake, wind, etc..

(1) Towers, Drums, Heat Exchangers and Pressure Vessels

(2) Pumps

(3) Turbines and Compressors

(4) Air Fin Coolers

(5) Furnaces and Boilers

2. TOWERS, DRUMS, HEAT EXCHANGERS AND PRESSURE VESSELS

2.1 Application

(1) This design practice shall apply on condition that the following requirements are satisfied:

(a) Nozzle sizes are 24in. or less.

Reference should be made to Note 1 below.

(b) Nozzles are installed rectangularly with respect to cylindrical shells or heads.

Pipe wall thickness based on ASME B31.3

Required thickness Selected thickness

SIZE D t Is D>6t? tm tr SCH Thickness
1/2" 21.3 0.22 YES 2.22 2.54 160 4.78
3/4" 26.7 0.28 YES 2.28 2.60 160 5.56
3" 88.9 0.92 YES 2.92 3.34 80 7.62
4" 114.3 1.18 YES 3.18 3.64 80 8.56
6" 168.3 1.74 YES 3.74 4.28 80 10.97
8" 219.1 2.27 YES 4.27 4.88 80 12.7
(c) Nozzle materials are carbon steel, Cr - Mo steel or stainless steel.

(d) Allowable stress of material is with those stresses within the specified rupture, creep and
temperature limits.

(e) Nozzles, whether mounted with a reinforcing saddle or not.

(f) Nozzles are not equipped with a jacket.

Note 1 : From JGC’s experience, we consider it inappropriate to apply Rosschiem-Markl’s Formula to

large size nozzles.

Hence, nozzle sizes to which Rosschiem-Markl’s Formula shall apply should be 24in. or

smaller.
(2) Allowability or otherwise of those loads acting on equipment nozzles which are outside the
application standards

indicated in (1) above shall be evaluated in principle by JGC’s Process Equipment Design
Department.

To prepare nozzle load data to be submitted to JGC’s Equipment Design Section, “Procedure for
Preparing

Information for Forces and Moments Acting on Equipment Nozzle” (JPEP-0-1360-G-4731 ) shall
apply.

2.2 Load Evaluation

(1) Nozzle load data shall be evaluated using Tables 1 and 2.

The technical computing library for piping is also available for nozzle load evaluation using a personal
computer.

The VSL NLES Ver2G file (Table 3) shall be used when the longitudinal axis of the nozzle is in
alignment with

any of the axes of the global coordinate system for piping stress analysis, and the VSL NLES ROT
Ver2D file

(Table 4) shall be used when it is not so. For details, refer to JPEP-0-1360-G-5303 “Instructions for
Technical

Calculation Library for Piping”(to be issued later).