Abstract :

This Study Presents A Detailed Design And Structural Evaluation Of Cylindrical Leg Supports For A Vertically Oriented Pressure Vessel, Emphasizing Their Performance Under Combined Operating Weight And External Wind Loads In Compliance With ASME Section VIII, Division 1. Conventional Support Designs Often Underestimate Lateral Environmental Forces, Leading To Stress Concentrations And Reduced Reliability, But This Work Addresses Those Limitations By Determining Shell Thickness Through UG-27 And Head Thickness Via UG-32 To Establish A Code-compliant Baseline Geometry. The Adequacy Of The Cylindrical Leg Supports Was Validated Through Reinforcement And Stability Checks Analogous To UG-37 And UG-40, Ensuring Their Ability To Resist Both Axial And Lateral Loads. A Dual-validation Framework Was Adopted, Combining Manual Analytical Calculations With Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Simulations To Confirm Convergence With Code Requirements. Beyond Numerical Verification, The Methodology Incorporated Geometric Optimization Of The Cylindrical Supports, Material Selection Strategies, And Sensitivity Analysis Of Wind Load Variations, Thereby Creating A Reproducible Workflow Applicable Across Diverse Vessel Configurations. The Results Demonstrate The Supports’ Effectiveness In Distributing Loads, Enhancing Stability Under Wind-induced Lateral Forces, And Ensuring Suitability For Industrial Applications. By Bridging Conventional Empirical Design Methods With Computational Validation Tools, The Study Offers Engineers A Structured, Code-compliant Procedure For Support System Evaluation That Enhances Predictive Reliability And Safety. The Proposed Methodology Provides A Validated Framework For Adoption In Contemporary Engineering Workflows, Improving Reproducibility And Reliability In Pressure Vessel Support Design. Ultimately, This Work Contributes To Safer Vessel Construction Practices By Integrating Traditional Design Codes With Advanced Simulation Techniques, Establishing A Holistic Approach To Support System Evaluation That Can Be Extended To A Wide Range Of Industrial Applications

Published:

16-4-1-2026

Issue:

Vol. 26 No. 4-1 (2026)

Page Nos:

582-589

Section:

Articles

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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