Difference between ASME B 16.47 Series A and Series B Flanges
ASME B 16.47 is an American standard for large diameter steel flanges. This standard covers the design of flanges from NPS 26 to NPS 60. For lower sizes i.e, up to NPS 24, ASME B 16.5 has to...
Stress Intensity Factor (SIF), Flexibility Factor: ASME B31.3 vs ASME B31J
A piping system consists of many different components such as bends, elbows, reducers, tees, valves, and flanges. However, in the stress analysis these various components idealize...
Piping Design Engineer, Piping Layout Engineer, or Piping Designer are piping professionals who design the piping network of the complete plant. Piping Designing means deciding the...
What is B 31.3 or Process piping Code? ASME B 31.3 or Process Piping Code provides rules for piping design for petroleum refineries; onshore and offshore petroleum and natural...
Pipe Thickness Calculation of Straight Pipe under External Pressure/ Vacuum Pressure Condition.
Piping systems under vacuum condition, Jacketed Piping, Offshore pipelines, piping inside equipment, etc. are subjected to both internal as well as external pressure. Contrary to the...
Difference between Primary loads and Secondary loads in a Piping System
Piping Stress Analysis is the scientific or engineering study of all the stresses generated in a piping system. Now from where this stress comes? From the mathematical definition of the...
