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WRC Bulletin 297 presents methods and data for treating two normally intersecting cylindrical shells, i.e., cylindrical nozzles radially attached to cylindrical vessels (shells). Stresses in both the nozzle and vessel can be determined, and the range of vessel diameter-to-thickness ratio covered is increased over that in Bulletin 107. The analytical method used was derived and developed by C.R. Steele on the basis of the thin shell theory. Publication of these documents was sponsored by the WRC Pressure Vessel Research Council. WRC Bulletin 297 was published in 1984 and revised in 1987