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RISThe Use of “Fitness for Service” Assessment Procedures to Establish Allowable Flaw Sizes in Steel Cylinders
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: As part of the U.S. Department of Transportation safety regulations, seamless steel cylinders that are used to transport high-pressure gases are required to be periodically retested during their ...
Closure to “<i>Ashland Tank‐Collapse Investigation</i>” by John L. Gross, John L. Gross, John H. Smith, and Richard N. Wright (August, 1989, Vol. 3, No. 3)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Ashland Tank‐Collapse Investigation
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: On January 2, 1988, a 4,000,000‐gallon‐capacity oil storage tank at the Ashland Petroleum Company Floreffe Terminal near West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, collapsed as it was being filled to capacity for the first time since ...
The Use of “Fitness for Service” Assessment Procedures to Establish Critical Flaw Sizes in High-Pressure Gas Cylinders
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Typical flaws that can occur in high-pressure seamless gas cylinders during service are: corrosion pits, line corrosion, gouges, local thin areas of corrosion, and cracks. The required periodic ...
Technical Basis for Acceptance/Rejection Criteria for Flaws in High Pressure Gas Cylinder
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The objective of this paper is to present the technical basis used for developing acceptance/rejection limits for seamless, high pressure gas cylinders that can be used at the time of retesting ...