Re: regarding wall thick calculation

From: <elie>
Date: Thu Jul 26 2007 - 00:29:00 EDT

Desgin pressure =1.5 * Operating Pressure! whoever wrote this, should only read and learn and dstop shooting from the hip.

Alok Dubey <terrion_786@yahoo.co.in> wrote: Apology, test pressure (hydro) is normally 1.5 of Design pressure over ASME B 31.3. I missed the 1.5 factor in my earlier statement.

My question intent was to understand the logic behind initial statement posted quoting Desgin pressure =1.5 * Operating Pressure.

Apologies once again for any confusion caused.

regards
alok dubey

On Jul 25, 2007, at 3:10 PM, Alok Dubey wrote:

> That`s fine! What I am asking which code says that design pressure
> shall be 1.5 times of operating pressure? I understand that test
> pressure should be of D.P. Recent edition of BPV has even brought
> this lower to 1.3.

You're getting things confused again. No code says any such thing. And test pressure is not a design condition. Test pressures are a consequence of the maximum allowable working pressure (MAWP). If you want to talk about this stuff you really should use correct terminology. Otherwise everyone just gets confused.

Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at chrisw@skypoint. com | this distance" (last words of Gen. ............ ......... ......... ......... | John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania 1864)
http://www.skypoint .com/~chrisw/



Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center.
http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV.

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Received on Thu Jul 26 00:29:00 2007

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.8 : Mon Oct 27 2008 - 20:24:13 EDT