OS TU es 2013 ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code Pe ry anv) Vill RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PRESSURE VESSELS Division 2 a Alternative Rules [ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee ‘on Pr els SU oer‘This international code or standard was developed under procedures aceredied as meeting the criteria for Amer~ ican National Standards and itis an American National Standard The Standards Committee that approved the ode ‘or standard was balanced to asure that individual rom competent and concerted interest have had an oppor ‘tunity to partepste. 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Submit of Teecal Inquiries tothe Boer and Pressure Vessel Standards Commitees Personnel e Summary of Changes List af Changes in Record Nunbar Order (rote Referencing ad Syst Changes in the Brand resoure Wessel Cae Pare General Requirements iW Genera 12 Scope 13 Standards Referenced by Thi Bisson 14 Unite of Measurement is Tolerances 16 ‘edhniel ini 7 Table Annex FA, Annex 1-6 Guidance For The Use OfUS. Customary And SI Units Ia The ASME Boiler And Pressure Vessel Codes : Patz 22 User Responsibiies : 23 Manufacturer's Responsibites : 2a The Inspector a ‘Annes 2A. Guide For Certifying A User's Design Specifetion ‘Annex 2-8 Guide For Certifying A Manufacturers Design Report ‘Annex 2:C Report Forms and Maintenance of Records «,. ‘Annex 2:D Guide For Preparing Manutscture’s Data Reports 7 Anmex 24£ Quality Control System ‘Annex 2-F Contents and Method of Stamping ‘Annex 2G Obtaining And Using Certifation Mark Stamps Annex 2H Gulde to Information Appearing on the Certificate of Authorization Establishing Governing Code Editions and Cases for Pressure Vessels and Parts Pans Materials Requirements a1 General Requirements 32 “Materls Permitted For Construction a Vessel Pars : 33 Supplemental Requirements or Ferrous Materials a4 Supplemental Requirements or Cr-Mo tes 35 Supplemental Requirements or QUT Stes with Enkanced Tensile Properties m1 wl wo 16 16 16 8 20 a B ” 0 “ 0 so = 0 2” 38 9Supplemental Requirements for Nonferrous Materials Supplemental Requirements fr Bling Supplernencl Requirements fr Castings Sipplemental Requlrement for Hubs Machined Prom Pts ‘aera Test Requirements Matra Toughness Requtrements ‘Allowable Design Stresses evs. Swength Parameters Ppteal Properss oo ccs ees Design Fatigue Curves Design Values for Temperatures Coder Tan -30° (20°F) Nomenciture Figures ‘Allowable Design Stresses Requirements for Material Procurement 'S0 Material Group Numbers... Strength Parameters Design Fatigue Curves Design by Rule Requirements General Requirements Design Rae for Wale jl Desig Rules for Sels Under Interoal Pressure ‘esi of Shells Under External Pressure and Allowable Compressive Sess Desig Rules for Opentgs in Shels and Heads Design Rules for Fat Heads Design Rules for Sphereally Dish sted Covers Desig Rules for Quik-Acuting Quick Opening) Casares Design Rules for Braed and Stayed Surfaces Design Roles for Ligaments Desi Roles for jacketed Verses Design Riles for Nonsrale Vessels Design Riles for tayered Vessels Brahintn of Vere Outside of Tolerance Design Riles for Supports and Attachments Design Riles for Flanges Joints Design Rules for amped Connections Design Riles for Sell and Tube Heat Exchangers Design Riles for Blows Expansion Joints Design Riles for Fangd-and-Fived or Flange Oaly Expansion Jinis ‘Guide forthe Design and Operation of Quik Actuating (Qulek Opening) Cosures ‘Basis For Establishing Allowable Loods For Tube-To-Tubeshest Joints Guldance to Accommodate Loadings Produced by Deftagration Design by Analysis Requirements General Requirements Protection gat Paste Cllapse Protection Against Local Faure 1m 15 m 232 302 316 363 3a 382 339 3 a 518 sat sa 535 55 536 sasa 55 56 37 58 510 si 512 513 51 515 Annex 5 Annex 5-8 Annex 5 Annex SF Part 6 a 6 6 6a és 66 67 68 69 610 en 6x2 Part? Proton Against Colles From Buckling Protection Against Faire From Cyc Losing Supplemental Regiments for Stress lasso io Nome Necks : Supplemental Reguirement fr Bols : Supplemental Requirements for Pecorted Pits : Supplemental Reguiemens fr Layered Vessels : ‘xpenimental Sess Analysis ‘Praca Mechani vations Definitions eres fi omenciatre ‘Table Figures | Linearization Of Strese Results For Stress Clasficaton ‘Mstogram Development And Cycle Counting For Fatigue Analysis Alternative Plasticity Adjstment Factors And Eifectve Alternating Stress For Elastic Fatigue Analysis sess Indices Desig Methods For Perforated Plates Based On Elastic tress Analysis -Bxperimental Stress and Fatigue Analysis Fabrication Requirements General Fabreston Reqiements Wielding Fabricton Requirements Special ReulrmentsforTubeTo-Tubesbeet Welds Prebeating and Hest Treatment of Weldmants Special Requirements For Cid o Weld Overay Linings nd Lined Fats Special Requirements for Tensle Property Enhanced Q and T Fert tls Special Requirements for Forged Fabicton Special Fabicton Requirements fr Layered Vessel Spec Fabrication Requirements fr Expansion Janis Nomencatire ‘Tables Paures Positive Material Identification Practice Inspection and Examination Requirements Genera! pease Responses an Duties (ualitcason of Nondestructive Examination Personnel amination of Welded fits ‘amination Method and Acceptance Cara Fal Seamination of Vessel Lk Testing Acousle nisin Tables agutes Responsibilities and Duties for Inspection and fxamination Activites ressure Testing Requirements General Requirements. Hyostate Testing 0000000000000 : Poumate Testing = si 53 586 586 586 586 ss? ss? 557 559 sm so 599 ou ny re ese 78 708 709 8as Awmatve Pressure Testing oo o.2scseeeteseee as Documentation a6 Nomenclature Paro Pressure Vessel Overpressure Protection aa (General Roqlrements ae 92 Presure Rall Valves 93 Nom Recosing Pressure Rif Devices 38 (lation of Rated Capacity fr Dillerent Reliving Presures and/or Fads 35 Marking and Stamp 38 ‘Provision for isan of resure Raving Devic 97 (Overpresure Protection by Design Annex9-A Best Practices forthe Installation and Operation of Pressure Relief Devices cures DEL Formof Stamping «.... a DHL Sample Certeate of Authorization 31 GrMo Hest Treatment Criteria 32 Typical Locations for Tene Specimens 33 Charpy Note Impact Test Requirements fr Fl Ste Speciens for Carbon and Law Aly Steals ‘Asa Functlon ofthe Minimum Spd Yield Strength ~ ars Not Subject o PWT 53M Charpy Note Impact Test Requtrements for Full Se Specimens for Carbon and Law Alloy Steals ‘Asa Futon ofthe Minimum Specie Yield Strength ~ arts No Subj o PUT 34 charpy VNote Impact Test Requirement for Full Se Specimens for Carbon and Law lly Stas ‘A 4 Futon ofthe Minimum Speed Yield Strength ~ Pars Subject to PWHT SM Charpy VNoteh Impact Test Requirement for Full Ste Specimens for Carbon and Law ly Stas ia 4 Punton ofthe Minimum Specified Vie Strength ~ Parts Subject to PHT 36 Lateral EpansionRequtements 36M Lateral Expansion Requtements 37 Impact Test Exemption Curves = Parts Not Subject to PWITT 37M Impact Test Beemption Curves ~ Parts Not Subject to PWHTT [38 Impact Test Exemption Curves Parts Sbjct o PWT and Non weed Parte 38M Impact Test Bremption Curves - Parts Subject we PWHT and Non-welded Parts : 39° Typical Vessel Deals stating The Governing Thickness... : 310 Typical Vessel Detallistrating the Governing Thickness 311 Typical Vero Detallastrating the Governing Thkness $812 Reduction nthe MDMT without pat Testing - Parts Not Subject to PWHT Be 5S12M Reduction inthe MDMT without impact Testing - Parts Not Subject to PWHT 513 Reduction inthe MDMT without impact Testing - Parts Subject to PWT and Non welded Parts SIM Reduction inthe MDMT without impact Testing Pats Subject to PWHT and Non-weléed Parts for igures 312, 312M, 313, and 3.136 214 onantation and Location of Tranverse Charpy V-Note Specimens 34S Weld Metal Da Fernie Content 421 Wel Joint Location Typical Of eatgeries AB B,and 422 Some Bracket, La and StilenerAtaehment Weld Details 423 Some Acceptable Methods of aching Senin Rigs 424 Some Acceprable Skirt Weld etals 431 Cond shell 432° bifetTranstion Deal 433 —Torisphercal Head of Uniform Thickness 434 Torspherel Head of Different Takes f Dome and Knuckle 435° Elipridl teat 436 Local Thin Band in a Gylndrical Sel 437 Shells Subjected to Supplemental Loading: 438 Cones Transition Det 183 783 74 158 188 786 786 736 ce ce 158 8 ra 0 0 a 2 96 9 100 102 103 108 105 106 107 108 109 10 183 183 185439 4310 aaa sas 447 asa 452 453 asa ass. 486 487 438 iso. 432 het 473 a3 478 475 4a 303 302 4303 4108 4105 4206 aaa a2 a3 faa a2 a3 fas 4129 1210 aaa fizz 4123 Reinforcement Reguirement for Conical Transition function : Parameters for Knell and Fare Design . Lines of Support or Unsupported Length for Type Vessel Configurations Lines of Support or Unsupported Lngth fr Unstiffened and Stiflened Cylindrical Shells... Stier ing Parameters ‘VarlouyAeragements of Siang Rings for Gini Vessel Subjected to External Pressure ‘Maximum Area shell Lek Unsupperted Beene of Gap inthe Sflening Ringo yindcal hell Under xterm Pressure ee Lines of Super or Unsupported Length for Unsifened and Silene Conta Sheil e LUnes of Suppor or Unsupported Length for Unstifened and Sifene Conical hel Transitons with for wou 3 Koudde : omenclatie for Relnforced Openings é [emecatre for Varlble Thickness Openings é Ril Nonle m5 Cynical Shel i Fils Nore in Cynical Stet Nozae in Gnd Sell Orented ata Angle from the Longin! Axi Radial Norlin Conia hal no Nozzle in Corcl Shell Oriented Perpendiclrto he Longtainal Axis Nozze Conia Sell rented Parallel to the Longtuinal Axis Rol Neal ns Formed Head a : Hise or Perpendicular Nose ine Formed Head Example of Two Adjacent Nome Openings Oy Example of Three Adjacent Nol Openings e ‘Metal Area Deion for A ih Varable Thickness of Sein Norles Metal es Delnion for with Variable Thickness of Seton Nozles Integral Fist hed With 3 Large Cental Opening ‘Type A Dished Cover eth a olog Flange ‘ ‘Type Spray Mhod Cover with 2 Boting ange : 7 ‘ype C Spherical ished Cover with Boling Flange E ‘ype DSpheralyDished Cover with eBolting Flange... ‘ype D Head Geometry for Ateratve Design Procedure oe ‘plea Forms of Welded tayo ens name of Tube Spacing With he Pith f Hols Equal nBvery Row . ample of Tube Spacing With the Pitch of Holes Unequal n Every Seeond Row ‘uample of Tube Spacing With the Pith of Hols Varying in Every Second and Third Row ‘xampl of Tbe Spacing With the Tube Holes on Diagonal Lines Diagram for Deering the enc of Langudinal and Diagonal Ligaments Between Openings in cylindrical Shells es : isp for Determining te Equivalent len f Diagonal Ligamats Between Openings Gyincal Shells i sypes of achat Ves 2000 E {ypesof Parl acets =o Ha Pipe Jacks Bae {Type tNonctear Voss ‘Type 2 Noneteaiar Vessel é ‘Type a Nonlin Vessels ss : 7 ‘ype ¢ Noncielar Vessels : ‘ype 5 Nonaeular Vessels E ‘ype 6 Nonerealar Veses a “Type 6 Noneelar Vesa 7 : ae ‘Type? Nonielar Vessis ooo 7 “Type 8 Noneralar Vessel 7 ‘ype 9 Noneteular Vessels : ‘ype 10 Nonerelar Vessels 7 ‘ ‘ype 11 Nonevelar Vessels e “ype 12 Nonerelar Vessels a3 24 23 24 as 236 29 282 263 264 265 266 287 268 268 20 20 mm m m et 250 290 238 3 200 201 34 a5 M6 ue 350 351 352 352 384 35 356 37 358 389saa fu2as aaa fas? 4338 4339 3320 aan saan “asi as? 4353 asa ass tise tas? es: aes aise 4168 aaa an72 ane 4382 4303 aes faes prryg 87 sane sags te10 saan ian aia sia fuaas fies jana ‘ana fa02 4103 Muls-iameter Holes Rectangular Vessels With Multiple Compertnents - Some Aecepable Layered Shel Types Some Aecepable Layered Head Types ‘Transons of Layered Shell Sections Some Acceptable Welded fits of Layered: Layered and Layered Seid Scions ‘Some Acepable Sold Head Attachments to Layered Sel Sections ‘Some Aecepable Flt Heads and Tubeshests With Hubs Jonng Layered Shel Scions Some Acepabl Flanges for Layered hele Some Aecepabe Layered Head tachment Layered Shela Some Acceptable NozleAtaehments to Layered Shel Sctions Some Acepable Support for Layered Ventless. Gap Between Vessel Layers : LTA Blend Radius Requirements Horizontal Vesel on Sade Supports Cyndie Shall Without Stifening Ringe CinrealShll With Seifening Rings inthe Plane ofthe Sede : CinarelShll With Sifening Rings om Bath Sides ofthe Saddle Lacatons of Maximum Longtail Normal Suess and Shear tes nthe Cynder Lacatons of Maximum Circunforentl Normal Suesses i the Cinder ero ‘Skire tachment Laeton on Vert Vessels ae ‘Typical Hot Hox Arrangement for Sit Supporad Ver Vessel : Integral Type Flanges Integral Type Flanges with Hub Integral Type Flanges With Nut Stops Diameter LaseThan or Equiv 450 mm (iin) Integral Type Flanges With Nu tos Diameter Greater Than 450 mm (18 in), Laos Type Flanges Lace Type Lap Jn ype Flanges fe Reverse Flanges : Location of Gasket Reaction Load Dismeter Se ‘Typiea Hub and Camp Coniguraton ‘yplal Camp Lugs Cantigurations ‘Terminology of Heat Exchanger Components. ‘Tubesheet Geometry Serre ‘ypieal Usted Lane Conigarstions Ube Tubeshest Configurations aed Tubesheet Configurations fi ZoEe Zand Ly VBI Ke sos ocseooe Fr Versus Xe (00 © 0, <0) F Versus Xy (= 08:< 0, <00) Sell With increased Tcbnes Adjacent othe Tabeshate Floating Tubeshet Heat Eechangers ‘Satonny Tubeset Configurations Floating Tubeshet Configurations Some Acceptable Type of Tube TorTubesnst Strength Wide ‘Tube Layout Perimeter Incegeal Channels Some Representative Configurations Describing the Minimu Regure Thicknes othe Fubeshect Hanged Extension, ‘ypia Bellows Expansion oints ee String Pins forthe Mecirementof the Length of Sic on Ea Sid of ios : Possible Cnvoltion Proiein Neral Poston Dimension to Determine s- Bellows Subject oan Aa Dspace Se Balws Subject oa Lateral Displacement y oo 361 362 389 370 an a 37 00 aa ae 2 2 23 yy 25 6 = 38 as ns a0 an a am a5 6 ” am ed 490 ‘ar 492 483 a4 495 496 496 05 506 so? S07 508 508sa98 4197 tsa asa sas2 393 ann 4202 ect 402 5 = Fe sa Sag SAS sa10 sant Belows Subjected oan Angular Rotation 0. Gye Displacements (ie Displacements eee lie Displacements ‘Some Typical Expansion Beis Atachment Welds Versus Cy and Ce 3 ‘i Cpersus and Cy : Ch ersus Cy and Co ‘Tica Flanged and- Med or Flanged. Oniy Fel Hlements “ype NezleAzachment Detail Showing Mlnimars Length of Sight ange Some Aecepable Types of Tube To-Tubeshee int Speed $ypil Test Fours for Expanded or Welded Tube To-Tubeset ois Ses Categories and Lint of Equant Sess ‘ample of Gireh Weld Used oT Layers fr Sold Wall Equivalence Example of Circumferential But Wald Attachment Between Layered Sections In Zane of| Diseontnaity ce ‘an Eromple of rl Weld Uod to To Layers for Sod Wall Equivalence ‘Stes lasfiration Line (CL) abd Stes Casieation Plane (CP) Stress Caeseston Lines (Sls). eee ‘est Claeeton Line Orientation and alc Gdtines Computation of Membrane and Bending EgulaletStresees bythe Ses Integration Method Using the Results rom a Fnte Element Model with Cont Elements Continuum Finite Bement Model Stress Csafiation Line forthe Structural Sires Method Computation o Memirene and Bending Eulalent Stresses by the Stretural tes Method Using "Nodal Force Results rom » Finite Element Model with Conn Elements ‘Processing Nodal Fore Results withthe Strucural Suess Method Using the Rests from a lite Eleent Model wih Tree Dimensional Second Order Continuum Blements Procersing Stuctural Sess Method Result for a Smet Structral ses Range ‘Computation of Membrane and Bending Eqivalet Stresses by the Structural Sess Method Using ‘the Realteam ite Element Model with Sell Elements =... Procesing Nodal Farce Rest th the Structural Stes Method Using the Results fom a nite lement Mode With Three Dimensional Second Order Shell laments ment St for Processing Pn Element Nodal Sires Results wth the Structral Ses Method Base on tess ntegration 7 : Direction of Stress Components Nora Nomendatre and Dimensions Nomenclature and Laodng for Laterals | a Perforated Pate Geometry Detalis Bae Perforated Pate Geometry Deals a Boundary Condition for Numeral Analysis Stes Orfnttions For Perforated Plate With Tangle Patera Blas ‘Stes Orientations For Perforated Plate Wich Square Pattern Hales : Construction OF The Testing Parameter Ratio Diagram oe ‘Construction OF The Testing Parameter Ratio Diagram For Accelerated Tests... Peaking Wight t= Catopoy A ot ee Weld Toe Dressing Forged Bote Consracon i ea Sali-To-Layer and Layer To layer Test Paes ae “Tensile Specimens for layered Yesel Construction ‘Toroidal Bellows Manufacturing Tolerances ‘tamination of Layered Ves : ‘amination of Layered Ves 7 Aligned Rounded iniestions (Groups of Aligned Rounded Indications ‘Chars for am (Yn) to 6 mm (Jin) Wall Thickness Incisive ‘Gare fr Over 6 mn (Yn) to 10 mm (Ye) Wall Tikes, nlsive 510 510 Sil 512 5a sis 515 519 520 S31 532 sn sr sas 09 500 603 oe 60s a2 aa 50 1 92 63 85 m9 m m mm 7m