Search results for query: *

I would like to know if the requirements ASME Sec VIII, Div 1, Subsection UG-140 (Overpressure Protection By System Design) would apply to B31.1 and B31.3 designed system that do not have safety valves installed for overpressure protection? I have read both codes and neither one mentions the...

Is a rupture disk considered a pressure reatining item, given that its purpose is to burst at a certain pressure? Thank you, Alex

Hello, could someone please let me know which section of ASME Sec VIII, Div. 1 discusses openings in pipes (eg NPS 3/8 pipe connected to in NPS 1 pipe). Thank you, Alex

I am required to make 4 x 1/8" NPT holes in a class 150 blind flange and would like to know if the rules of UG-36 (Openings in Pressure Vessels) apply to the design. Thank you.

I would like to know if the the pressure safety valve installed on the vessel (shown in the attached sketch) is required by the code to relieve the steam capacity in the event of steam ovepressurization, even though the steam input has its own safety device set at the same pressure of the...

I would like to know when I should include the wind shape factor to the pressure table in the PipePak stress analysis software. Alex

I would like to know how to import piping models from Solid Edge into PipePak spreadsheets Thank you, Alex

Can someone pleae adise me on what ASME code to use for the design of a 3 bolt, class 150 flange. I have looked into ASME Sec. VIII, Mandatory Appendix 2, but it does not ask for the number of bolts, which leads me to belive that you may not be able to design for a 3 bolt flange using this...

Hello, I would like to know how the design temperature of a piping system is chosen? Is the temperature of the working fluid or the smallest temperature rating of each component chosen as the design temperature? Thank you, Alex