Differences in Thermal Elongation & Load Between FRP and CS Pipes
Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics (FRP) pipes, also known as Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) pipes, are widely used across various industries, including petrochemical and desalination plants, and can be...
The Y factor is a dimensionless coefficient used for calculating the required wall thickness (t) for thin-walled pipes under internal pressure. According to Equation 3a of ASME B31.3, for determining...
GRE Design Envelope (Failure envelope) is a 2-dimensional (2D) graphical plot of hoop stress and axial stress that provides safe operating conditions of GRE piping/pipeline system when subjected to...
While performing buried or underground pipeline stress analysis, soil parameters must be entered in Caesar II software to help the software generate the bilinear restraints. The usual parameters that...
Creep Fundamentals and How ASME BPVC Address This Phenomenon
This not-so-brief write-up is basically a summary of my notes on this subject when several years back I decided to study this interesting subject in somewhat detail. For interested readers, this is...
What is ASME B31.3 Chapter IX (High Pressure Piping)? Basis of Various Technical Requirements
What is Chapter IX of ASME B31.3? Chapter IX of ASME B31.3 is intended for use in high-pressure environments, but its use is not mandated beyond a certain pressure. In the words of the code (see...
