The knowledge of both stress and strain is very important in design as their relationship to each other defines the mechanical properties of a material. But which comes first between Stress and...
Piping Interface
B31.4 vs B31.8-Differences between ASME B31.4 and ASME B31.8
What is ASME B31.4? Developed and maintained by ASME, ASME B31.4 is the design code for pipelines transporting liquids and slurries between facilities, production, and storage fields, plants, and...
Pressure Temperature Rating and Flange Rating of ASME Flanges
Piping Engineers must have come across terms like Flange Pressure Temperature Rating, Flange Rating, P-T rating, Flange Pressure rating, Pressure rating or Flange Class, etc. All these terms are...
What Are The Pump Affinity Laws? Explanation with a Sample Calculation
What are Pump Affinity Laws? Pump affinity laws or Pump Laws are used during hydraulic design to calculate the volume, capacity, head, or power consumption of the centrifugal pumps with changing...
In the piping industry, the term Pressure and Stress are always used and most of the time it creates huge confusion among users as the unit of both Pressure and Stress is the same (Pounds per square...
What is a Pipe? Pipes are used for transporting fluids and gases in Chemical, Petrochemical, Power Plants, Refineries, Storage units, Compressed air systems, Plumbing systems, etc. They are...