ASME VIII-1-2019
RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PRESSURE VESSELS
- Standard No.
- ASME VIII-1-2019
- Published By
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Latest
- ASME VIII-1-2019
- Scope
- The Foreword provides the basis for the rules described in this Division.For the scope of this Division, pressure vessels are containers for the containment of pressure, either internal or external. This pressure may be obtained from an external source, or by the application of heat from a direct or indirect source, or any combination thereof.This Division contains mandatory requirements, specific prohibitions, and nonmandatory guidance for pressure vessel materials, design, fabrica¬tion, examination, inspection, testing, certification, and pressure relief. The Code does not address all aspects of these activities, and those aspects which are not specifi¬cally addressed should not be considered prohibited. Engineering judgment must be consistent with the philos¬ophy of this Division, and such judgments must never be used to overrule mandatory requirements or specific prohibitions of this Division. See also informative and nonmandatory guidance regarding metallurgical phenom-ena in Appendix A of Section II, Part D.This Division is divided into three Subsections, Mandatory Appendices, and Nonmandatory Appendices. Subsection A consists of Pan UG, covering the general requirements applicable to all pressure vessels. Subsec¬tion B covers specific requirements that are applicable to the various methods used in the fabrication of pressure vessels. It consists of Parts UW, UF, and UB dealing with welded, forged, and brazed methods, respectively. Subsection C covers specific requirements applicable to the several classes of materials used in pressure vessel construction. It consists of Parts UCS, UNF, UHA, UCI, UCL, UCD, UHT, UL.W, and ULT dealing with carbon and low alloy steels, nonferrous metals, high alloy steels, cast iron, clad and lined material, cast ductile iron, ferritic steels with properties enhanced by heal treatment, layered construction, and low temperature materials, respectively. Section II, Part D also contains tables of maximum allow¬able stress values for these classes of materials.
ASME VIII-1-2019 history
- 1970 ASME VIII-1-2019 RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PRESSURE VESSELS
- 2005 ASME VIII-1 AMD-2005 RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PRESSURE VESSELS
