PD 5500:2012 3.6.7 3.6.8 Section 3 Ellipsoidal ends Ends to true semi-ellipsoidal form shall be designed as spherical shells of mean radius R equal to the maximum radius of the crown, i.e. D2(4h). The shape limitations in 3.5.2 shall apply. Procedure by which the departure from the mean circle may be obtained (see 3.6.2) Where difficulty is experienced in determining the departure from the mean circle by more direct methods, use of the following procedure is permitted. Radi are measured at 24 equally spaced intervals around the circumference. This can bbe done either by swinging an arm internally or by external measurements with ‘the cylinder mounted in a lathe. itis necessary to rotate the internal arm or cylinder about an axis near to the true centre of circularity of the section under consideration®, NOTE Enquiry Case 5500/33 gives guidance on the verification of the shape of vessels subject to external pressures. The radial measurements need to be corrected for the mean and for the error in positioning the centre. This is done by finding the coefficients ba, a, and by in ‘the Fourier series expansion: R, bcos byconro S (nse by cos) Gest) where R, are the radial measurements from the assumed centre at location r. For 24 equally spaced measurements: 1720,1,2,...23 9 = 15"; the increment angle of the measurements, and: 682) 683) 68a) The departure from the main circle at any point ris &, where: a =Ry—by-aysin r9~cos rp 685) ‘ee also Enquiry Case 550073, N08 + © The British Standards Institution 2012,