Not being well experienced with Tanks, I am reaching out to find experiences with coating integrity of tank interiors at lap joints. It is an API-650 Tank, carbon steel contruction. We have received conflicting recommendations...
Thanks in advance.
Baton Rouge-Based Shaw Group, Westinghouse Awarded Florida Nuclear Plant Contract
Source: New Orleans CityBusiness
Publication date: 2009-01-05
Arrival time: 2009-01-12
By Anonymous
The Shaw Group and partner Westinghouse Electric Co. have been awarded contracts to build two nuclear power...
In piping designs with elbows that do not have at least 4D of straight pipe on each end, is it an acceptable approach to address elbow flexibility by considering it to have a single flanged end without FEA justification? Is FEA always necessary for addressing elbow interaction effect on...
I can't be the only on who has these thoughts. Do people own and/or read/study handbooks anymore? Why is it that individuals want (or need) to be spoon feed? Etc…
I realize: that mentoring on the job is not what it once was, immediate gratification is an epidemic in the world today, and...
I am using the subject software on a trial basis and have found it to meet my basic needs (a 2D etch-a-sketch that can leverage existing dwg files).
Does anyone have any experience good/bad/ugly with it?
I cannot justify the cost for Autocad to myself and this really looks like a winner; as I...
Working on an ASME vessel alteratation, adding a 10" sch 160 nozzle in the top of a 2:1 ellipitical head.
What would be considered a reasonable minimum distance between the weld on the shell to the next weld on the nozzle?
We are in a very tight space. Some on the project feel that having a...
bellows material B409 AlloyH (NO8810)
design temp specified 1200F
a exp.joint manufacture has come back with a design temp of 1000F, allowable stress 14,400 psi, elastic modulus 24.2E6 psi.
using MatPro (paulin.com) I was able to obtain a yield stress of 7,400 psi @ 1200F, elastic modulus...
Has anyone had experience removing a nozzle from an ASME Section VII Div I vessel and patching the shell?
My thoughts are proposing rolling plate to match shell radius/thickness and have a full penetration weld with 100% radiography to the Authorized Inspector.
