Hello Skyofstars,

Let's skip the nozzle displacement part, or the nozzle softness etc. I am already well aware of that.

My point is, there has been many discussions about this topic but no one seem to specify what they mean by T1 or P1, in a load case W+T1+P1.

Does T1 mean maximum operating temperature or is it the greater between maximum and minimum design temperature.

I am working with two fo my senior Pipe Stress Engineers here, but they have different ideas. One is considering T1 as maximum operating temp in his load cases for checking the nozzle loads, and the other guy is using the greater between the maximum and minimum design temperatures.

Thank you very much for your comments.


Best regards,