Date of download: 11/12/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Natural Frequencies of Plate Supported Thermowells J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 2015;137(2): doi: / A representative thermowell installation showing thermowell, connection head, and flanged nozzle. The unsupported length of the thermowell and flange projection is also shown. Figure Legend:

Date of download: 11/12/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Natural Frequencies of Plate Supported Thermowells J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 2015;137(2): doi: / Coordinates at the thermowell flange interface showing the load and response coordinates as described in the text Figure Legend:

Date of download: 11/12/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Natural Frequencies of Plate Supported Thermowells J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 2015;137(2): doi: / Thin-plate compliance integral F(b¯) (Eq. (9)) plotted as a function of the normalized beam radius b/a. For b/a→1, the thin-plate model ceases to be an adequate description. Figure Legend:

Date of download: 11/12/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Natural Frequencies of Plate Supported Thermowells J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 2015;137(2): doi: / Minimum plate thickness h/a as a function of beam b/a radius with the percentage frequency reduction, relative to the thick-plate limit, as a parameter. Cantilever length is L = 250 mm and plate radius is a = 100 mm. Figure Legend:

Date of download: 11/12/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Natural Frequencies of Plate Supported Thermowells J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 2015;137(2): doi: / Normalized natural frequencies of a plate mounted cylindrical beam as a function of the plate thickness ratio h/d relative to the cylinder diameter d. The beam 250 mm in length and 20 mm in diameter affixed to a clamped plate 200 mm diameter. Figure Legend: