Process Piping: The Complete Guide to Asme B31.3 [2 ed.] 0791802175, 9780791802175

Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Process Piping: The Complete Guide to ASME B31.3, Third Edition......Page 2
©......Page 3
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 8
What's New in the 2008 Edition of This Book?......Page 10
CONTENTS......Page 14
List of Figures......Page 20
List of Tables......Page 22
1.1 History of ASME B31.3......Page 24
1.2 Scope of ASME B31.3......Page 25
1.3 What is Piping?......Page 26
1.4 Intent......Page 27
1.5.1 Owner......Page 28
1.6 How is ASME B31.3 Developed and Maintained?......Page 29
1.8 How Do I Get Answers to Questions About the Code?......Page 31
1.9 How Can I Change the Code?......Page 32
2.1 Fluid Services......Page 34
2.2 Code Organization......Page 35
2.5 Safeguarding......Page 36
3.1.2 Design Temperature......Page 40
Insert 3.1 Calculation of Wall Temperature for Refractory-Lined Pipe......Page 41
3.2 Allowable Stress......Page 43
3.3 Quality Factors......Page 44
3.4 Weld Joint Strength Reduction Factors......Page 46
Insert 3.2 Background on Weld Joint Strength Reduction Factors......Page 49
3.5 Allowances for Pressure and Temperature Variations......Page 51
3.6 Overpressure Protection......Page 52
4.1 Methods for Internal Pressure Design......Page 54
4.2 Pressure Design of Straight Pipe for Internal Pressure......Page 55
Insert 4.2 Basic Stress Calculations for Cylinders Under Pressure......Page 59
4.3 Pressure Design of Straight Pipe Under External Pressure......Page 61
4.4 Pressure Design of Welded Branch Connections......Page 64
4.7 Branch Connections That are Presumed to be Acceptable......Page 67
4.8 Pressure Design of Bends and Elbows......Page 68
4.9 Pressure Design of Miter Bends......Page 70
4.10 Pressure Design of Closures......Page 71
4.13 Pressure Design of Blanks......Page 72
4.15 Pressure Design of Unlisted Components......Page 73
5.2 Valves......Page 76
5.3 Flanges......Page 77
5.4 Fittings, Bends, Miters, and Branch Connections......Page 78
5.5 Bolting......Page 79
5.7 Flanged Joints......Page 80
5.9 Tubing Joints......Page 81
5.10 Miscellaneous Joints......Page 82
6.2 Sustained Longitudinal Stress......Page 84
Insert 6.1 Span Limits for Elevated Temperature Piping......Page 85
6.3 Limits of Calculated Stresses Due to Occasional Loads......Page 89
7.1 Allowable Stress for Thermal Expansion......Page 92
Insert 7.1 What About Vibration?......Page 98
7.2 How to Combine Different Displacement Cycle Conditions......Page 99
8.1 Flexibility Analysis......Page 100
8.2 When is Fonnal Flexibility Analysis Required?......Page 101
8.3 When is Computer Stress Analysis lYpically Used?......Page 102
8.4 Stress Intensification Factors......Page 103
8.5 Aex.ibiJity Analysis Equations......Page 106
Insert 8.1 How to Increase Piping Aex.ibility......Page 107
8.7 Elastic Follow-up/Strain Concentration......Page 108
8.9 Alternative Rules for Flexibility Analysis......Page 111
9.2 Materials and Allowable Stress......Page 114
9.3 Design of Supports......Page 115
Insert 9.1 Spring Design......Page 116
Insert 9.2 Stress Classification......Page 118
9.4 Fabrication of Supports......Page 123
10.2 Pressure Vessels......Page 124
10.4 Means of Reducing Loads on Equipment......Page 125
11.1 Overview of Material Requirements......Page 126
11.3 Use of Materials Above the Highest Temperature for Which Allowable Stresses Are Provided......Page 127
11.5 When is Impact Testing Required?......Page 128
11.6 Impact Test Requirements......Page 133
11.8 How to Use the Allowable Stress Tables in Appendix A of the Code......Page 134
12.2 General Welding Requirements......Page 140
Insert 12.1 Arc Welding Processes......Page 141
12.3 Welding Procedure Specification......Page 145
12.5 Welder Performance Qualification......Page 146
12.7 Heat Treatment......Page 147
12.8 Governing Thickness for Heat Treatment......Page 151
12.9 Pipe Bends......Page 152
12.11 Bolted Joints......Page 153
12.12 Welded Joint Details......Page 154
12.13 Miscellaneous Assembly Requirements......Page 156
13.1 Overview of Examination Requirements......Page 158
13.2 Progressive Examination......Page 159
13.3 Types of Examination......Page 160
13.5 Acceptance Criteria......Page 161
13.6 Examination of Nonmetallics......Page 163
14.1 Overview of Pressure Test Requirements......Page 164
14.2 Hydrostatic Test......Page 165
14.6 Sensitive Leak Test......Page 166
14.9 Closure Welds......Page 167
14.10 Requirements for Nonmetallic Piping......Page 168
15.3 Allowable Stress......Page 170
15.4 Pressure Design......Page 171
15.6 Flexibility and Support......Page 172
15.7 Materials......Page 173
15.8 Bonding of Plastics......Page 174
Insert 15.1 Bonding Processes......Page 175
15.10 Examination and Testing......Page 181
16.1 When to Use the Rules for Category M Auid Service......Page 182
16.3 Overview of Metallic Rules......Page 183
16.5 General Comments......Page 184
17.2 Organization of Chapter IX of ASME B31.3......Page 186
17.3 Pressure Design of High-Pressure Piping......Page 187
17.6 Design for Thermal Expansion and Fatigue......Page 189
17.7 Materials......Page 190
17.9 Examination......Page 191
17.11 Records......Page 192
18.2 Rules for Pressure Design......Page 194
18.4 Unreinforced-Bellows Fatigue Curve Development......Page 196
18.6 Fatigue Design for Other Alloys......Page 198
18.7 Correlation Testing......Page 199
18.9 Shop Test of Expansion Joints......Page 201
18.10 Field Test of Piping Systems with Expansion Joints......Page 202
Insert 18.1 Pressure Thrust Considerations......Page 203
Appendix I: Useful Information for Pressure Design......Page 204
Appendix II: Guidelines for Computer Flexibility Analysis......Page 222
Appendix III: Useful Information for Flexihility Analysis......Page 226
Appendix IV: Expansion Joint Guide......Page 261
Appendix V: Conversion Factors......Page 287
References......Page 294
Index......Page 302
Back......Page 308