ASME Code Design - Learning Sources

Mechanical / Civil engineering, Design of Pressure Vessels, Heat-exchangers, Piping, Steel / Civil Structure etc.
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Dlew
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Area of interest: Mechanical Engineering

ASME Code Design - Learning Sources

Post by Dlew »

Please enlist for me the learning sources (open source & premium both) to understand the basics of following from piping design point of view:
1. ASME B31.1
2. ASME B31.3
3. ASME B31.4
4. ASME B31.8
arcpro
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Joined: 16 Apr 2010, 18:46
Area of interest: Manufacturing Engineering

Re: ASME Code Design - Learning Sources

Post by arcpro »

I am not sure whether you have tried basic search in YouTube to get the quick learning sources but try that these keywords:
"ASME B31.3 basics piping design”
“B31.8 pipeline design explained”
“pipe stress analysis basics”
Focus on:
Wall thickness calculation
Stress categories (sustained, expansion, occasional)
Flexibility analysis

I am sure you would get some real good ones to watch and understand.
mechcolor
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Joined: 17 May 2010, 18:05
Area of interest: Manufacturing Engineering

Re: ASME Code Design - Learning Sources

Post by mechcolor »

You may or may not agree with me but learning the codes is through the codes itself. You would be able to find a lot more guidebooks in getting you on board with all these piping codes but I would strongly recommend you to just read the codes and what you do not understand, take help from some piping guidebook or discuss with your piping peers or at any reasonable engineering forum. But I am sure that if you have Mechanical Engineering at the core, you would be able to understand 90% of the requirements supported with industrial exposure.
Here I can give you some tips like, you start with ASME B31.3 as that would cover almost all the basics and is not complex. From here, you can work on other codes. Go slow but make sure you go through them all, the latest copies please.
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