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ASME B31.3 Updates to Stress Range Factors & The Impact on Pipe Design

In the latest edition of the ASME B31.3 code (2022 edition), there have been significant changes to the allowable stresses for expansion load cases (SA). Unlike previous editions, the 2022 edition introduces a new approach to calculating the Stress...

Summary of 2020 & 2022 ASME B31.1 Piping Updates for Engineers

Piping design and engineering play a crucial role in various industries, ensuring the safe and efficient transportation of fluids. To maintain high...

Maximizing Equipment Life: The Crucial Role of Fitness-for-Service in PVP Engineering

As reliability engineers, the design, analysis and maintenance of pressure vessels and piping systems is usually a part of the job description. Going...

How to Calculate Stress Linearization

ASME Section VIII Div 2 part 5 provides guidance for stress linearization and explains the structural stress method that can be applied to finite...

Faster FEA: Structured vs Unstructured Meshing

In finite element analysis, two types of meshes, structured and unstructured, are commonly used to represent a geometric domain by smaller discrete...

Modern Piping: Allowable Nozzle Loads & WRC Calculation Methods

The pressure vessel systems that are interconnected by piping are widely used in petrochemical and process plants. If not accurately designed,...

A Simple WRC 107/537 & WRC 297 Calculation Guide

WRC Bulletins provide simple calculations for single-scenario welding designs to easily comply with regulatory codes. This blog provides some...

PVPTPro: FEA Pressure Vessel Nozzle Design Calculator

As a pressure vessel designer or engineer, one of the most challenging areas when it comes to compliance is validating the design of your nozzles....

WRC & FEA: Piping & Nozzle Stress Validation

As a pressure vessel designer, you know the importance of designing your equipment in compliance with ASME Section VIII, Div. 2, PD5500 or EN13445...

Welding Research Council (WRC) Bulletins and Pressure Vessel & Piping Designs

The Welding Research Council (WRC) regularly publishes bulletins to make welding compliance and pressure vessel design easy. These bulletins are...