Re: Thick and High Pressure Pipe

From: <Christopher>
Date: Tue Jun 19 2001 - 09:52:00 EDT

>For high pressure and thick piping, one may use the rules under Section
>VIII Div1 or Chapter IX Part 2 of B31.3. In Div 1, two equations are
>provided - one for t and the other for P with different Z ratios to be
>applied.

Your first question addressed external pressure; your Div1 reference above applies only to internal pressure. External and internal pressure design are different big-time.

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<a href="http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw">http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw</a> Received on Tue Jun 19 09:52:00 2001