This question does not have too much technical value but just to get a feel of how people work in different consultancies I’m putting forth:

Invariably all organizations have some kind of allowable load table for general static equipments like pressure vessels and heat exchangers. Say, analysis results for a particular nozzle shows the nozzle loads are above the allowed limit by 5% (or above limit from 1 % to 10% ) for different nozzles…..(These loads are after inputting WRC 297 stiffness values and after the stress analyst gets a feel that the system is well supported and stable from his experience). What normally stress engineers do under these circumstances?

1.Modify supports / routing to bring within allowable imit.
2.Send to vessel group (vendor) for detailed FE analysis.
3.Document the same values with a note saying within +10% of allowable limit.
4.Any other method?

Personally I prefer method 3 but organizational procedures force me to spend a lot of time on methods 1 and 2. Forum members kindly opine….