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Section VIII
Division 1 |
Section VIII
Division 2 |
Section VIII
Division 3 |
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"Unfired"
Pressure Vessel Rules |
Alternative Rules |
Alternative Rules for
High Pressure |
Published |
<1940 |
1968 |
1997 |
Pressure Limits |
Normally up to 3000 psig |
No Limits either way, usually 600+psig |
No Limit Normally from 10,000 psig |
Organization |
General, Construction Type &
Material U, |
General, Material, Design, Fabrication |
Similar to division 2 |
UG, UW, UF,
UB, UCS, UNF, UCI, UCL, |
and others |
KG, KM, KD, KR, KE, KT, KS |
UCD, UHT, ULT |
AG, AM, AD, AF, AR, AI, AT, AS |
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Dessign Factor |
Design Factor 3.5 on tensile (4' used |
Design Factor of 3 on tensile |
Yield based with reduction factor for yield |
previously)
and other yield and |
(Lower factor under reviewed) and other |
to tensile ratio less than 0.7 |
temperature
considerations |
yield and temperature considerations |
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Expermental stress |
Normally not required |
Introduced and may be required |
Experimental design verification but may |
Analysis |
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be exempted |
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Few restrictions on matenials: lmpact |
More restnictions on mateerials: lmpact |
Even more restrictive than Division 2 with |
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required unless exempted: extensive |
required in general with similar rules as |
different requirements, Fracture toughness |
Material and lmpact |
exemptions under UG-20, UCS 66/67 |
Division 1 |
testing requirement for fracture mechanics |
Testing |
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evaluation |
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Crack tip opening displacement(CTOD) |
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testing and establishment of Klc and/or Jlc |
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values |
NDE Requirements |
NDE requirements may be exempted |
More stringent NDE restnictions: |
Even more restrictive than Division 2 : |
through
increased design factor |
Extensive use of RT as well as UT, MT and |
UT used for all butt welds, RT otherwise, |
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PT. |
extensive use of PT and MT |
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Different types with butt welds and
others |
Extensive use/requirement
of butt welds |
Butt Welds and extensive use of other |
Welding and |
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and full penetration welds including non- |
construction methods such as threaded |
fadrication |
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pressure attachment welds |
layered, wire-wound, interlocking strip- |
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wound and others |
User |
User or designated agent to provide |
User's Design Specification with detailed |
User's Design Specification with mors |
specifications
(see U-2(a)) |
design requirements (see AG-301.1) |
specific details (see KG-310)including |
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lnclude AD 160 for fatingue evaluation |
contained fiuid data, etc with useful |
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operation life expected and others. |
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Designer defined |
Manufacturer |
Manufacturer to declare compliance in
data |
Manufacturer's Design Report certifying |
Same as Division 2 |
report |
design specification and code compliance |
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in addition to data repot |
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Professional Engineers' Certification of |
Same as Division 2 but the Professional |
Professional |
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User's Design Specification as well as |
Engineer shall be experienced in high |
Engineer |
Normally not required |
Manufacturer's Design Report |
pressure vessel desingn and shall not sign |
Certification |
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Professional Engineer shall be |
for both User and Manufacturer |
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experienced in pressure vessel desingn |
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Safety Relief
Valve |
UV Stamp |
UV Stamp |
UV3 Stamp |
Code Stamp and |
U Stamp with Addition markings |
U2 Stamp with Addition markings |
U3 Stamp with addition marking denoting |
Marking |
lncluding W, P, B, RES: L, UB, DF: RT, HT |
including HT |
construction type: HT, PS, WL, M, F, W, |
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UQT, WW, SW |
Hydrostatic Test |
1.3 (Was 1.5 before the use of the 3.5 |
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1.25(may be exempted for autofrettaged |
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Design Factor in the 1999 Addenda) |
1.25 |
vessels) |