ASME Single Openings-Minimum_Distance
Minimum center‐to center distance between adjacent openings for DISHED HEADS
ASME - Single Openings: Minimum Center - To - Center Distance Between Adjacent Opening on Dishend
A, B = the finished opening diameters of any two finished
openings under consideration, in. (mm)
(see d below)
D = the outside diameter of the shell, header, or
dished head containing the opening, in. (mm)
d = diameter of a finished opening, in. (mm)(see
PG-33.3)
dmax. = the maximum permissible finished opening diameter
for an uncompensated opening, in. (mm)
(see PG-32.1.2)
K = PD/1.82St (where K shall not exceed 0.990)
Lh = the distance between centers of the two openings
measured on the surface of the dished head
Ls = the distance between centers of the two openings
measured on the surface of the shell or
header
P = the maximum allowable working pressure
S = the maximum allowable stress value, taken from
Tables 1A and 1B of Section II, Part D
t = the nominal thickness of the head, shell, or header,
in. (mm)
X = the limits of compensation parallel to the vessel
wall (see PG-36.2)