raisingstandardsworldwide™NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAWBSIBritishStandardsUnfiredpressurevessels—Part3:DesignBSEN13445-3:2009BSEN13445-3:2009BRITISHSTANDARDNationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheUKimplementationofEN13445-3:2009.ItsupersedesBSEN13445-3:2002+A11:2006whichiswithdrawn.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteePVE/1,Pressurevessels.Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.©BSI2009ISBN9780580655623ICS23.020.30CompliancewithaBritishStandardcannotconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.ThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon30September2009.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationDateTextaffectedEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN13445-3July2009ICS23.020.30SupersedesEN13445-3:2002EnglishVersionUnfiredpressurevessels-Part3:DesignRécipientssouspressionnonsoumisàlaflamme-Partie3:conceptionUnbefeuerteDruckbehälter-Teil3:KonstruktionThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon30June2009.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCENManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCENManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:AvenueMarnix17,B-1000Brussels©2009CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN13445-3:2009:EEN13445-3:2009(E)Issue1(2009-07)2ContentsPageForeword.............................................................................................................................................................61Scope.....................................................................................................................................................72Normativereferences...........................................................................................................................73Termsanddefinitions..........................................................................................................................84Symbolsandabbreviations...............................................................................................................105Basicdesigncriteria...........................................................................................................................125.1General.................................................................................................................................................125.2Corrosion,erosionandprotection....................................................................................................125.3Loadcases..........................................................................................................................................145.4Designmethods..................................................................................................................................185.5Thicknesscalculations(DBF)............................................................................................................195.6Jointcoefficient..................................................................................................................................205.7Designrequirementsofweldedjoints..............................................................................................216Maximumallowedvaluesofthenominaldesignstressforpressureparts.................................246.1General.................................................................................................................................................246.2Steels(exceptcastings),otherthanausteniticsteelscoveredby6.4and6.5,withaminimumruptureelongation,asgivenintherelevanttechnicalspecificationforthematerial,below30%...........................................................................................................................................................256.3Alternativerouteforsteels(exceptcastings),otherthanausteniticsteelscoveredby6.4and6.5,withaminimumruptureelongation,asgivenintherelevanttechnicalspecificationforthematerial,below30%........................