ASME BPVC.VIII.
l-2017 UG-20 - UG-23
NOTE: The user and Manufacturer are cautioned that certain fabrica-
tion details allowed by this Division may result in cracking at welds
and associated heat-affected zones (HAZ) for vessels designed for
use at elevated temperature. WRC Bulletin 470, "Recommendations
for Design of Vessels for Elevated Temperature Service" has informa-
tion that may prove helpful to the vessel designer. WRC Bulletin 470
contains recommended design details for use at elevated tempera-
ture service, which is for the purposes of this Division, when the al-
lowable stresses in Section II, Part D are based on time-dependent
properties. The use of these details does not relieve the Manufac-
turer of design responsibility with regard to consideration of stres-
ses associated with both steady state conditions and transient
events, such as startup, shutdown, intermittent operation, thermal
cycling, etc., as defined by the user.
(b) Minimum. The minimum metal temperature used in
design shall be the lowest expected in service except
when lower temperatures are permitted by the rules of
this Division 10 (see UG-116, UCS-66, and UCS-A-3). The
minimum mean metal temperature shall be determined
by the principles described in (a) above. Consideration
shall include the lowest operating temperature, opera-
tional upsets, autorefrigeration, atmospheric tempera-
ture, and any other sources of cooling [except as
permitted in (f](3) below for vessels meeting the require-
ments of (f] below]. The MDMT marked on the nameplate
shall correspond to a coincident pressure equal to the
MAWP. When there are multiple MAWP's, the largest val-
ue shall be used to establish the MDMT marked on the
nameplate. Additional MDMT's corresponding with other
MAWP's may also be marked on the nameplate. 10
(c) Design temperatures that exceed the temperature
limit in the applicability column shown in Section II, Part
D, Subpart 1, Tables 1A, 1B, and 3 are not permitted. In
addition, design temperatures for vessels under external
pressure shall not exceed the maximum temperatures
given on the external pressure charts.
(d) The design of zones with different metal tempera-
tures may be based on their determined temperatures.
(e) Suggested methods for obtaining the operating tem-
perature of vessel walls in service are given in Nonman-
datory Appendix C.
CD Impact testing per UG-84 is not mandatory for pres-
sure vessel materials that satisfy all of the following:
(1) The material shall be limited to P-No. 1, Gr. No. 1
or 2, and the thickness, as defined in UCS-66(a) [see also
Note (1) in Figure UCS-66.2], shall not exceed that given
in (-a) or (-b) below:
(-a) 'lz in. (13 mm) for materials listed in Curve A
of Figure UCS-66;
(-b) 1 in. (25 mm) for materials listed in Curve B,
C, or D of Figure UCS-66.
(2) The completed vessel shall be hydrostatically
tested per UG-99(b) or UG-99(c) or 27-4. Alternatively,
the completed vessel may be pneumatically tested in ac-
cm·dance with 35-6.
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(3) Design temperature is no warmer than 650°F
(345°C) nor colder than -20°F (-29°C). Occasional oper-
ating temperatures colder than -20°F (-29°C) are accept-
able when due to lower seasonal atmospheric
temperature.
(4) The thermal or mechanical shock loadings are not
a controlling design requirement. (See UG-22.)
(5) Cyclical loading is not a controlling design re-
quirement. (See UG-22.)
Each element of a pressure vessel shall be designed for
at least the most severe condition of coincident pressure
(including coincident static head in the operating posi-
tion) and temperature expected in normal operation.
For this condition, the maximum difference in pressure
between the inside and outside of a vessel, or between
any two chambers of a combination unit, shall be consid-
ered [see UG-98 and 3-2]. See also U-2(a).
UG-22 LOADINGS
The loadings to be considered in designing a vessel
shall include those from:
(a) internal or external design pressure (as defined in
UG-21);
(b) weight of the vessel and normal contents under op-
erating or test conditions;
(c) superimposed static reactions from weight of at-
tached equipment, such as motors, machinery, other ves-
sels, piping, linings, and insulation;
(d) the attachment of:
(1) internals (see Nonmandatory Appendix D);
(2) vessel supports, such as lugs, rings, skirts, sad-
dles, and legs (see Nonmandatory Appendix G);
(e) cyclic and dynamic reactions due to pressure or
thermal variations, or from equipment mounted on a ves-
sel, and mechanical loadings;
(D wind, snow, and seismic reactions, where required;
(g) impact reactions such as those due to fluid shock;
(h) temperature gradients and differential thermal
expansion;
(i) abnormal pressures, such as those caused by
deflagration;
OJ test pressure and coincident static head acting dur-
ing the test (see UG-99).
UG-23 MAXIMUM
(a) The maximum allowable stress value is the maxi-
mum unit stress permitted in a given material used in a
vessel constructed under these rules. The maximum al-
lowable tensile stress values permitted for different mate-
rials are given in Section ll, Part D, Subpart 1. Section II,
Part Dis published as two separate publications. One pub-
lication contains values only in the U.S. Customary units
and the other contains values only in SJ units. The
 ASME BPVC.VIII.l-2017 UCS-66

UCS-66
Tabular VaLues for Figure UCS-66 and Figure UCS-66M
Customary Units Sl Units
Thick- Curve A, Curve B, Curve C, CurveD, Thick- Curve A, Curve B, Curve C, CurveD,
ness, in. OF OF OF OF ness, mm oc oc oc oc
0.25 18 -20 -55 -55 6.4 -8 -29 -48 -48
0.3125 18 -20 -55 -55 7.9 -8 -29 -48 -48
0.375 18 -20 -55 -55 9.5 -8 -29 -48 -48
0.4375 25 -13 -4·0 -55 11.1 -4 -25 -40 -48
0.5 32 -7 -34 -55 12.7 0 -22 -37 -48
0.5625 37 -1 -26 -51 14.3 3 -18 -32 -46
0.625 43 5 -22 -48 15.9 6 -15 -30 -44
0.6875 48 10 -18 -45 17.5 9 -12 -28 -43
0.75 53 15 -15 -42 19.1 12 -9 -26 -41
0.8125 57 19 -12 -38 20.6 14 -7 -24 -39
0.875 61 23 -9 -36 22.2 16 -5 -23 -38
0.9375 65 27 -6 -33 23.8 18 -3 -21 -36
1.0 68 31 -3 -30 25.4 20 -1 -19 -35
1.0625 72 34 -1 -28 27.0 22 1 -18 -33
1.125 75 37 2 -26 28.6 24 3 -17 -32
1.1875 77 40 2 -23 30.2 25 4 -17 -31
1.25 80 43 6 -21 31.8 27 6 -14 -30
1.3125 82 45 8 -19 33.3 28 7 -13 -28
1.375 84 47 10 -18 34.9 29 8 -12 -28
1.4375 86 49 12 -16 36.5 30 9 -11 -27
1.5 88 51 14 -14 38.1 31 11 -10 -26
1.5625 90 53 16 -13 39.7 32 12 -9 -25
1.625 92 55 17 -11 41.3 33 13 -8 -24
1.6875 93 57 19 -10 42.9 34· 14 -7 -23
1.75 94 58 20 -8 44.5 34 14 -7 -22
1.8125 96 59 22 -7 46.0 36 15 -6 -22
1.875 97 61 23 -6 47.6 36 16 -5 -21
1.9375 98 62 24 -5 49.2 37 17 -4 -21
2.0 99 63 26 -4 50.8 37 17 -3 -20
2.0625 100 64 27 -3 52.4- 38 18 -3 -19
2.125 101 65 28 -2 54.0 38 18 -2 -19
2.1875 102 66 29 -1 55.6 39 19 -2 -18
2.25 102 67 30 0 57.2 39 19 -1 -18
2.3125 103 68 31 1 58.7 39 20 -1 -17
2.375 104 69 32 2 60.3 40 21 0 -17
2.4375 105 70 33 3 61.9 41 21 1 -16
2.5 105 71 34 4 63.5 41 22 1 -16
2.5625 106 71 35 5 65.1 41 22 2 -15
2.625 107 73 36 6 66.7 42 23 2 -14
2.6875 107 73 37 7 68.3 42 23 3 -14
2.75 108 74 38 8 69.9 42 23 3 -13
2.8125 108 75 39 8 71.4- 42 24 4· -13
2.875 109 76 40 9 73.0 43 24 4 -13
2.9375 109 77 40 10 74.6 43 25 5 -12
3.0 110 77 41 11 76.2 43 26 5 -12
3.0625 111 78 42 12 77.8 44 26 6 -11
3.125 111 79 43 12 79.4 44 26 6 -11
3.1875 112 80 44 13 81.0 4-4 27 7 -11
3.25 112 80 44 14 82.6 44 27 7 -10
3.3125 113 81 45 15 84.1 45 27 7 -9
3.375 113 82 46 15 85.7 45 28 8 -9
3.4375 114 83 46 16 87.3 46 28 8 -9

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provisions. The minimum design metal temperature greater, postweld heat treatment is required, except that
(MDMT) used below shall be either the MDMT stamped this requirement does not apply to the following welded
on the nameplate or the exemption temperature of the joints, in vessels or vessel parts fabricated of P-No. 1 ma-
welded component before applying the temperature re- terials that are impact tested at the MDMT or colder in ac-
duction permitted by UCS-66(b) or UCS-68(c). cOJ·dance with UG-84. The minimum average energy
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using welding procedures qualified with impact testing 25 ft-lb (34 J) instead of the values shown in Figure
in accordance with UG-84 when any of the following UG-84.1:
apply: (1) Type 1 Category A and B joints, not including
(1] when either base metal is required to be impact cone-to-cylinder junctions, which have been 100% radio-
tested by the rules of this Division; or graphed. Category A and B joints attaching sections of un-
(2) when the thickness of any individual weld pass equal thickness shall have a transition with a slope not
exceeds 1/z in. (13 mm) and the MDMT is colder than exceeding 3:1.
70°F (21 °C); or (2) the following welds:
(3) when joining base metals exempt from impact (-a] fillet welds having leg dimensions not exceed-
testing by UCS-66(g) or Figure UCS-66, Curve C or D ing% in. (10 mm) attaching lightly loaded attachments,
and the MDMT is colder than -20°F ( -29°C) but not provided the attachment material and the attachment
colder than -55°F (-48°C). Qualification of the welding weld meet requirements of UCS-66 and UCS-67. "Lightly
procedure with impact testing is not required when no in- loaded attachment," for this application, is defined as an
dividual weld pass in the production weld exceeds %in. attachment for which the stress in the attachment weld
(6 mm) in thickness; and each heat and/or lot of filler me- does not exceed 25% of the allowable stress.
tal or combination of heat and/ or lot of filler metal and (-b) seal welds defined in UW-20.2(c).
batch of flux has been classified by their manufacturer All such welds as described in (-a) and (-b) shall be exam-
through impact testing per the applicable SFA specifica- ined by magnetic particle or liquid penetrant examination
tion at a temperature not warmer than the MDMT. Addi- in accordance with Mandatory Appendix 6 or Mandatory
tional testing beyond the scope of the SF A specification Appendix 8.
may be performed by the filler metal and/or flux manu- (c) If postweld heat treating of a pressure-retaining
facturer to expand their classification for a broader range
weld is performed when it is not otherwise a requirement
of temperatures; or
of this Division, a 30°F (17°C) reduction in impact testing
(4] when joining base metals exempt from impact exemption temperature may be given to the minimum
testing by UCS-66(g) and the MDMT is colder than permissible temperature from Figure UCS-66 for P-No. 1
-55°F (-48°C).
materials. The resulting exemption temperature may be
(b] Except for welds made as part of the material spec- colder than -55°F ( -48°C) when the PWHT exemption
ification, welds in Part UCS materials made without filler in (b) is applicable.
metal shall be completed using welding procedures qual- (d) The allowable stress values to be used in design at
ified with impact testing any of the following conditions the minimum design metal temperature shall not exceed
apply: those given in Section II, Part D, Subpart 1, Table 3 for
(1) when either base metal is required to be impact bolting and Table 1A for other materials for temperatures
tested by the rules of this Division; or of 100°F (38°C).
(2) the thickness at the weld exceeds 'lz in. (13 mm)
regardless of the MDMT; or
(3) when the thickness at the weld exceeds 5!1 6 in. FABRICATION
(8 mm) and the MDMT is colder than 50°F (10°C); or
(4) when joining base metals exempt from impact UCS-75 GENERAL
testing by UCS-66(g) and the MDMT is colder than The rules in the following paragraphs apply specifically
-55°F (-48°C). to the fabrication of pressure vessels and vessel parts that
are constructed of carbon and low alloy steel and shall be
(17) UCS-68 DESIGN 79 used in conjunction with the general requirements for
(a) Welded joints shall comply with UW-2(b) when the Fabrication in Subsection A, and with the specific require-
minimum design metal temperature is colder than -55°F ments for Fabrication in Subsection B that pertain to the
( -48°C), unless the coincident ratio defined in Figure method of fabrication used.
UCS-66.1 is less than 0.35.
(b) Welded joints shall be postweld heat treated in ac- UCS-79 FORMING PRESSURE PARTS
cordance with the requirements of UW-40 when required (a] The following provisions shall apply in addition to
by other rules of this Division. When the minimum design the general rules for forming given in UG-79.
metal temperature is colder than -55°F (-48°C), and the (b) Carbon and low alloy steel plates shall not be
coincident ratio defined in Figure UCS-66.1 is 0.35 or formed cold by blows.

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