Changes in the 2018 Edition of ASME B 31.3 2018 with respect to 2016 edition
What is ASME B 31.3?ASME B31.3-2018 is part three of the overarching ASME B31 Code for Pressure Piping and it applies to pipe systems that transport chemicals, petroleum products, fluidized...
How to use ASME B31J-2017 and FEM for SIF and k-factors for Stress Analysis
How to use ASME B31J SIF and k-factors in PASS/START-PROF For a long time, there was a need for a standard method to develop stress intensification factors (SIFs or i-factors) for ASME piping...
14 major changes in ASME B 31.3-2016 with respect to its earlier edition (ASME B 31.3-2014)
14 major changes in ASME B 31.3-2016 with respect to its earlier edition (ASME B 31.3-2014):-Most of you are aware that the latest edition of Process Piping Bible (ASME B 31.3-2016) is issued on...
Seismic Analysis of piping systems is performed to safeguard the piping systems for unforeseen earthquake events. During the initial design phase, based on earlier earthquake data available in codes,...
Piping Stress Analysis is the most important activity in Piping Design. Once, pipes are routed following design guidelines, those needs to be verified by piping stress analysis to ensure those will...
Tutorial: Basics of Sustained & Expansion Stresses in Piping system
In piping stress analysis, both the subject terms i.e, Sustained Stress and Expansion Stress are widely used. For all the piping systems which needs analysis, the calculated sustained and expansion...
