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    PVC PIPE ALLOWABLE BENDING STRESS

    You may want to contact a manufacturer, like Colonial Engineering. I have never seen this info published.
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    Hot water bypass valve

    I have a jacketed tank application requiring 120 degF water to maintain temp of the product. I am matching existing applications, where there is hot water supply and return headers. The supply side drop includes a small inline centrifugal pump, with a 3-way bypass valve that ties back into the...
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    Vessel vacuum rating

    Thanks-I will try to obtain Roark's equations for stress & strain.
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    Vessel vacuum rating

    Is there an equation(s) to calculate the external pressure (or internal vacuum) of a non-ASME atmospheric tank? I need this to properly size a vacuum breaker as a backup safety to a nitrogen blanketing system.

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