Recent & Pending Changes to ASME Section III Piping Codes
Changes are coming to ASME Section III Piping Design Codes, including redefinition of the elastic-plastic strain amplification factor; guidance for treatment of thermal stratification stresses; changes to stainless steel and carbon steel fatigue design curves; new stress indices; and new requirements for socket welds. This SI Webinar provides a technical description of the upcoming ASME code changes, plus latest word on the status of these changes in ASME's approval process.
Presented on: February 25, 2009
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About the Instructor
Paul Hirschberg, PE holds a MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.Eng from Cooper Union. His expertise is in piping stress analysis, vibration, thermal stratification, fatigue management, seismic analysis, and piping systems design, backed by over 30 years of experience in the design and analysis of nuclear power plant piping systems and components. Hirschberg also has extensive experience in fatigue monitoring, ASME and B31.1 Codes, vibration analysis, PWR systems, flaw evaluations, and erosion-corrosion.