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Introduction:
Whenever Pressure Vessel or Heat exchanger (Static Equipments) nozzle loads exceeds the allowable values
provided by Vendors (Equipment manufacturer) or standard project specific tables (guidelines), the piping stress
professional is permitted to use WRC 107/297 (or any other FEA) to check the stresses at the Nozzle-Shell
junction point and check the stresses with allowable values provided by Codes. If the stresses are found to be
within allowable limit then the load and moment values can be accepted without any hesitation. However there
are some boundary conditions which must be met before using WRC. This small write up will try to explain the
required details for performing WRC 107 and WRc 297 using Caesar II and step by step method for performing
WRC check.
Both deal with “local” stress states in the vicinity of an attachment to a vessel or pipe. As indicated by their
titles, WRC-107 can be used for attachments to both spherical and cylindrical shells while WRC-297 only
addresses cylinder to cylinder connections. While both bulletins are used for nozzle connection. WRC-107 is
based on un-penetrated shell, while WRC-297 assumes a circular opening in vessel. Furthermore, WRC-107
defines values for solid and hollow attachments of either round and rectangular shape for spherical shells but
drops the solid/hollow distinction for attachments to cylindrical shells. WRC-297, on the other hand, is intended
only for cylindrical nozzles attached to cylindrical shells.
Boundary condition for using WRC 107:
To determine whether WRC 107 bulletin can be used for local stress checking the following geometry guidelines
must be met:
1. d/D<0.33 (Here, d=Nozzle diameter, D=Vessel outer diameter)
2. Dm/T=(D-T)/T>50 (Here, T=Vessel Thickness, Dm=mean diameter of vessel)
Boundary condition for using WRC 297:
To determine whether WRC 107 bulletin can be used for local stress checking the following geometry guidelines
must be met:
1. d/D<=0.5
2. d/t>=20 and d/t<=100 (Here t=nozzle thickness)
3. D/T>=20 and D/T<=2500
4. d/T>=5
5. Nozzle must be isolated (it may y not be close to a discontinuity) – not within 2√(DT) on vessel
and not within 2√(dt) on nozzle
Difference between WRC 107 and 297:
The major differences other than the boundary conditions mentioned above are listed below:
1. WRC 107 calculates only the vessel stresses while WRC 297 calculates Vessel stresses along with nozzle
stresses.
2. WRC 297 is applicable only for normally (perpendicular) intersecting two cylindrical shells whereas WRC 107
is applicable for cylindrical as well as spherical shells of any intersection.
3. The attachments for WRC 297 checking must be hollow but WRC 107 analyzes cylindrical or rectangular
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attachments which can be rigid or hollow.
4. WRC 297 is not applicable for nozzles protruding inside the vessel (Fig 1), Tangential Nozzle (Fig2), Nozzle at
angle (Fig 3).
5. Typically, WRC-107 is used for local stress calculations and WRC-297 is used for flexibility calculations.
Limitations of WRC:
Other than boundary conditions mentioned above there are few more limitations as mentioned below:
1. Neither bulletin considers shell reinforcement nor do they address stress due to pressure.
2. CAESAR II and PVElite & CodeCalc will not extrapolate data from the charts when geometric limitations
mentioned above are exceeded. Extrapolated data may not be appropriate.
Inputs required for performing WRC checking:
The following documents must be ready with you before you start to perform WRC 107/297 checking:
1. Equipment Details/ General Arrangement drawing
2. Nozzle details
3. Line list
Step by Step methods for performing WRC 107/ WRC 297 calculation in Caesar II:
Step 1: Perform Static analysis of the stress system and find out the nozzle loads required for checking local
stresses.
Step 2: Enter into the WRC module from Caesar II. Provide a file name for your job
Step 3: Following screen will appear. Enter the Nozzle data as mentioned below:
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Step 4: Now enter the vessel details i.e, diameter, wall thickness, corrosion allowance and material.
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Step 5: Input vessel and Nozzle direction cosines, Internal design pressure and load and moments values from
Caesar static analysis output (Sustained, Expansion and occasional as applicable).
Step 6: On options it is suggested not to change any parameter. Now click on analysis to read the results. The
output will inform you whether WRC checking is passing or failing. Use results as per your requirement.
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For entering loads and moments as per local convention following description and figure can be used for
converting global forces into local forces:
As shown in fig, Stretch your right hand with Middle finger along the Vessel Centerline. Index Finger should
parallel to nozzle centerline and should point in a direction from nozzle towards entering vessel. And Thumb
should be perpendicular to both. Then
1. Direction of Index Finger represents +P.
2. Direction of Middle Finger represents +VL
3. Direction of Thumb represents +VC
4. ML will be positive if by applying right hand thumb rule to ML, direction of thumb is same as that of VC.
5. MC will be positive if by applying right hand thumb rule to MC, direction of thumb is opposite to direction of
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6. MT will be positive if by applying right hand thumb rule to MT, direction of thumb is opposite to direction of P.
Get the loads and moments from CAESAR output. Compare the direction of Forces and Moments in CAESAR
output with conventional Force and Moment directions and enter the values of P, VL, VC, MT, MC and ML
accordingly.
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