Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 49 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Article 51 - HIGH PRESSURE BOILERS
Section 49-51-3 - Maximum allowable working pressure for nonstandard boilers

Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 49-51-3

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024

(a) The maximum allowable working pressure of a nonstandard boiler shall be determined by the application of the following formula:

TStE / RFS = maximum allowable working pressure psig

where:

TS = ultimate tensile strength of shell plates, psig

t = minimum thickness of shell plate, in the weakest course, in inches

E = efficiency of longitudinal joint:

For tube ligaments, E shall be determined by the rules given in section I of the ASME code.

For riveted construction, refer to the national board inspection code, 1998 edition.

For seamless construction, E shall be considered to be 100 percent.

R = inside radius of the weakest course of the shell, in inches.

FS = factor of safety permitted.

Nonstandard boilers with welded seams shall not be operated at pressures exceeding 15 psig for steam or 30 psig for water.

(b) Tensile strength. When the tensile strength of steel or wrought iron shell plates is not known, it shall be deemed to be 55,000 psig for steel and 45,000 psig for wrought iron.

(c) Crushing strength of mild steel. The resistance to crushing of mild steel shall be deemed to be 95,000 psig.

(d) Strength of rivets in shear. When computing the ultimate strength of rivets in shear, the following values in pounds per square inch of the cross-sectional area of the rivet shank shall be used:

PSIG

Iron rivets in single shear 38,000

Iron rivets in double shear 76,000

Steel rivets in single shear 44,000

Steel rivets in double shear 88,000

When the diameter of the rivet holes in the longitudinal joints of a boiler is not known, the diameter and cross-sectional area of rivets, after driving, may be selected from the following table, or as ascertained by cutting out one rivet in the body of the joint:

Table sizes of rivets based on plate thickness

thickness of plate-inch 1/4 9/32 5/16 11/32 3/8 13/32

diameter of rivet after driving-inch 11/16 11/16 3/4 3/4 13/16 13/16

thickness of plate-inch 7/16 15/32 1/2 9/16 5/8

diameter of rivet after driving-inch 15/16 15/16 15/16 11/16 11/16

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