CASTI Guidebook to ASME Section VIII Div. 1
Pressure Vessels (Fourth Edition)
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Price: $150 USD or $165 CAD
Edition: Fourth Edition: printed June 2005
Author: Bruce E. Ball, Will J. Carter
ISBN:1-894038-84-3
A new edition of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code is published every three years. The 2004 Code is a new Edition and contains many important changes to Section VIII. Our newly updated CASTI Guidebook to ASME Section VIII Div. 1 - Pressure Vessels covers the new 2004 edition of the ASME Section VIII Div. 1 Code and its many significant changes.
Because the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code is presented with limited explanation, users of the Code who do not have an extensive scientific or engineering background may have question regarding the many rules of the Code and its minimalist nature. The intent of this Guidebook is to offer Code users a better understanding of the scope of Section VIII and to provide guidance on Code design considerations, fabrication, materials selection, inspection, testing, and much more. The authors of this Guidebook also explain some well established engineering practice that perhaps, because of its fundamental nature, is overlooked by many Code users.
This Guidebook is filled with practical examples which explain the ASME Section VIII Div. 1 Code rules so that Code users can walk their way through pressure vessel design calculations, material data, fabrication (welding), NDE inspection and testing. It also contains the finer details of Code requirements for pressure vessels and provides clarity, even to the experienced Code user. This Guidebook goes far beyond the literary words of the Code by explaining specific Code paragraphs and related ASME Code Interpretations to provide guidance where a close study of the Code, on its own, may not produce a clear conclusion. It is written by the former ASME Section VIII Design committee chairman, Will Carter, and long time Code user, Bruce Ball. Both are professional engineers with over 60 years of combined experience related to pressure vessels and the ASME Codes.
The intent of this Guidebook is to provide the users of ASME Section VIII (Div. 1 and 2) and Section IX with an explanation of all technical revisions and the background behind the revisions introduced in the new 2004 Code. Being aware of the intent of the revision will provide the Code user a better understanding of the change and its significance.
This publication is only available in a downloadable Adobe Acrobat PDF E-book.
| Table of Contents | Important New Changes | Practical Example Problems and Solutions | Interpretations Explained | About the Authors |
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Scope
- Chapter 3 - Design Considerations
- Chapter 4 - Fabrication
- Chapter 5 - Special Fabrication Techniques
- Chapter 6 - Materials
- Chapter 7 - Cylindrical and Spherical Parts Subjected to Internal and External Pressure
- Chapter 8 - Heads and Transition Sections
- Chapter 9 - Opening and Reinforcements
- Chapter 10 - Rules for Bolted Flange Connections with Ring Type Gaskets
- Chapter 11 - Quality Control
- Appendix 1 - Terms and Abbreviations
- Appendix 2 - Quality Control Manual
- Appendix 3 - Design Methods not Given in Division 1
- Appendix 4 - Applications of Section VIII, Division 1 to Operating Pressure Vessels
- Appendix 5 - Engineering Data
- Subject Index
- Code Paragraph Index
Important New Changes
Some of the topics discussed in this updated Guidebook include:
- background behind the recently published Part UHX
- requirements regarding design of heat exchangers which are now in Part UHX,
- new mandatory rules for the design of tube sheets (formerly in non-mandatory Appendix AA),
- revised rules for supported tube sheets,
- background explanation and implications of revisions to design rules for formed heads and new buckling critreria,
- background explanation and application of new rules on local thin areas,
- explanation of the new class of inspector called "Certified Individual",
- revision of secondary stress limits in a number of Code paragraphs,
- introduction of new weld joint types in Table UW-12,
- addition of new post-weld heat treatment requirements for low temperature design,
- revised rules for flanged and flued expansion joints,
- revised rules for dimpled and embossed assemblies,
- extension of fatigue curves,
- introduction of a new appendix on quick actuating closures,
- completely revised rules for expansion bellows,
- new Code Cases providing for use of power actuated relief valves,
- new Code Cases offering alternative method of vessel marking, and
- explanation of metrication of the Code and its implications.
Practical Example Problems and Solutions
With more than 35 practical example problems and solutions as well as over 30 ASME Code Interpretations referenced and explained, this CASTI Guidebook goes far beyond the literary words of the Code. It also includes supplementary information that the ASME Section VIII Div. 1 - Pressure Vessel code does not specifically address. It is written by pressure vessel code experts with long serving ASME VIII code committee and international engineering experience.
The following example is an excerpt from the current CASTI Guidebook to ASME Section VIII Div. 1 along with the unique 3D graphics supporting this practical example.
Interpretations Explained
This Guidebook goes beyond the "yes" or "no" answers given in Code Interpretations and actually explains the meaning of the answer. The following is an excerpt from the Guidebook discussing ASME Interpretation VIII-1-86-230:
"Listed UCS materials may be exempt from impact testing when the minimum design metal temperature (MDMT) is greater than that determined from either Fig. UCS-66 or the tabular form of this figure, Table UCS-66. An exemption or lower minimum design metal temperature may be realized by lowering the stress in the vessel material.
[Interpretation VIII-1-86-230 makes it clear the exemption is applicable to a rotating vessel at a fixed location. Interpretation VIII-1-92-98 indicates that the exemption provision is applicable to truck, skid, or trailer mounted vessels provided the vessel is not in pressure service while being transported.]"
About the Authors
Dr. Will J. Carter, Ph.D., P.E.
(Author and Instructor)Instructor and Consultant Dr. Carter, a graduate from the Southern University, as well as the University of Illinois, has 32 years experience in failure analysis, design, repair and construction of process equipment. His expertise is in design, analysis, fabrication, failure investigation, trouble shooting, repair and upgrading of pressure vessels, tanks, pipelines and piping systems. Dr. Carter has been an active participant on pressure vessel and tank code and standards committees. Also, he is a registered mechanical engineer.
Dr. Carter is the past chairman of the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Subcommittee on Design as well as a member of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Main Committee and Subcommittee for Pressure Vessels. He has also been the chairman of the API Subcommittee Pressure Vessels and Tanks and chaired the API 653 Task Force on inspection, maintenance and repair of aboveground storage tanks.
Dr. Bruce E. Ball, Ph.D., P.Eng. (Author and Instructor)Author, Instructor and Consultant. Dr. Ball, is a professional engineer with over 27 years consulting experience in failure analysis and inspection of plant facilities and mechanical equipment. He has a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering, is a CSA W178.2 certified welding inspector and API 510 pressure vessel inspector. He has been awarded a fellowship by the Canadian Society for Nondestructive Testing and is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta. He is vice chairman of the Canadian Standards Association Committee on Weld Inspector and Weld Inspection Organization Certification.
