As per layman’s language Piping Stress analysis is the analysis of stresses in the piping system. Now the question arises what are these stresses? Piping Stress is...
Category: Piping Stress Basics
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...
Equipment nozzles are the openings through which fluid enters or exits the equipment. To create the path for fluid a part of the equipment must be cut, which weakens the equipment. So nozzle...
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...
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...
