ASME B31.3 – BASIC

Course Outline

1. INTRODUCTION

   History of piping and vessel Codes, Scope and definitions, Schematic process of Oil and Gas facilities

2. PIPING ENGINEERING AND DESIGN DRAFTING

   Piping Engineering : Pipe sizing, Pressure drop for Incompressible fluid, Materials, Pressure and temperature rating establishment, Pipe fittings, Piping class, Pipe supports, Piping flexibility.
   Mechanical-Piping Design Drafting : Design drafting system

3. PIPING SYSTEM COMPONENT

   Piping System Component: Pipe wall thickness under internal, external pressures and under high internal pressure, Pipe bend / Elbow, Pipe branches, Flanges, Blinds, Bolts and Gaskets, Non- Standard blind flanges, Blanks and Restriction orifice, Bolts and Gaskets, Manual valves, Relief valves, Piping specialty items and Piping strainer.

4. PIPE SUPPORTS

   Pipe Support Design, Type of Support Loads, Primary Loads : Secondary Loads, Primary and Secondary Support.
   Common Type of Pipe Supports : Cantilever pipe supports with end and intermediate point load, Point Load between two supports, L type pipe supports with end point load, T type pipe supports with end point load.

5. PIPING CLASS

   Piping Class and Its Piping Components : Pressure – Temperature flange rating, Design limits, Pipe size and Material, Fittings, Flanges, Blinds, Spacers, Valves, Gaskets, Bolt Torquing, Branch connections, Special treatment, Piping class identifications.

6. STRESS ANALYSIS

   Principal Axis and Stress, Failure theories, Pipe Stress : Maximum principal stress failure theory, maximum shear stress failure theory, Allowable stress, Displacement stress range.

7. PIPING FLEXIBILITY

   Piping Flexibility : L shape between two anchors, Expansion Loop 2D, Expansion Loop 3D.

8. ATTACHMENTS

   Sample calculations in PDF files