Consideration of Flanged Elbow or Flanged Bend in Stress Analysis
What is a Flanged Elbow? Flanged pipe bends or flanged elbows are piping elbows connected with flange fitting to fitting. This means there is no spool or pipe piece in between the elbow endpoint(...
What is a Pressure Gauge? Types of Pressure Measuring Instruments
Pressure Gauges are pressure measuring instruments. Pressure and Temperature are two very important parameters for all chemical industries. So, pressure measurement is of utmost importance. There are...
What is a Hazardous Area? A hazardous area is an area in which an explosive gas atmosphere (flammable gases or vapors, combustible dust, flammable liquids, ignitable fibers, etc.) is present, or...
In piping stress analysis, both the subject terms i.e, Sustained Stress and Expansion Stress are widely used. For all the piping systems which need analysis, the calculated sustained and expansion...
What are Composites? Composites are novel materials made by combining two or more materials, the resultants of which possess the combination of better properties of the...
ASME Section VIII Flange Leakage Checking Method in Caesar II
My last two articles on flange leakage explain the basic theory behind flange leakage checking and methods for performing flange leakage checking using the pressure equivalent method. In this...
