ASME PTB-3-2010

Introduction
ASME B&PV Code, Section VIII, Division 2 contains mandatory requirements, specific prohibitions,and non-mandatory guidance for the design, materials, fabrication, examination, inspection, testing,and certification of pressure vessels and their associated pressure relief devices. The 2007 edition of the code has been re-written and reorganized, and incorporates the latest technologies for pressure vessel design.
Scope
Example problems illustrating the use of the design-by-rule and design-by-analysis methods in ASME B&PV Code, Section VIII, Division 2 are provided in this document. Example problems are provided for all calculation procedures in both SI and US Customary units.