ASME VIII Div.1

ASME VIII - American Standard for Construction of Pressure Vessels

ASME VIII Div.1 Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels

The following sections are included in the VVD software:

Section

Description

UG-27

Thickness of Shells Under Internal Pressure

UG-28

Thickness of Shells and Tubes Under External Pressure

UG-29

Stiffening Rings for Cylindrical Shells Under External Pressure

UG-30

Attachment of Stiffening Rings

UG-32

Formed Heads, and Sections, Pressure on Concave Side

UG-33

Formed Heads, and Sections, Pressure on Convex Side

UG-34

Unstayed Flat Heads & Covers

UG-36

Openings in Pressure Vessels

UG-37

Required for Openings in Shells and Formed Heads

UG-38

Flued Openings in Shells and Formed Heads

UG-39

>Reinforcement Required for Openings in Flat Heads

UG-40

Limits of Reinforcement

UG-41

Strength of Reinforcement

UG-42

Reinforcement of Multiple Openings

UG-44

Flanges and Pipe Fittings

UG-45

Nozzle Neck Thickness

UG-53

Ligaments

App.2

Rules for Bolted Flange Connections with Ring Type Gaskets

UG-98

Maximum Allowable Working Pressure

UG-99

Standard Hydrostatic Pressure

App.1-1

Thickness of Cylindrical And Spherical Shells

App.1-2

Thick Cylindrical Shells

App.1-3

Thick Spherical Shells

App.1-4

Formulas for the Design of Formed Heads Under Internal Pressure

App.1-5

>Rules for Conical Reducer Sections and Conical Heads Under Internal Pressure

App.1-6

Spherically Dished Covers (Bolted Heads)

App.1-7

Large Openings in Cylindrical Shells

App.1-8

Rules for Reinforcement of Cone-To-Cylinder Junction Under External Pressure

Part UHX

Tubesheets (U-Tube, Fixed and Floating Head)

App.26

Expansion Bellows

UCS-66

Calculation of MDMT (Minimum Design Metal Temperature). All materials have been given a curve designation A,B,C or D in Fig. UCS-66, and the reduction in MDMT is determined from Fig. UCS-66.1.

UW

Requirements in UW-16 included for design of Nozzle attachment weld, UW-20 for tube to tubesheet joints, etc.

 

Vertical Vessels on Skirt Support Including External Loads (seismic, acceleration, wind, blast, etc.)

 

Vertical Vessels on Bracket Support

 

Vertical Vessels with Supporting Legs

 

Vertical Vessels on Ring Support

 

Tall Tower Design Analysis (seismic, acceleration, wind, blast, etc.)

 

Horizontal Vessels on Saddle Support Including External Loads (seismic, acceleration, wind, blast, etc.)

 

Horizontal Vessels on Ring Support

 

Lifting LUGs

 

External Loads on Nozzles

Over 3500 different materials are also included in the material database to ASME II Part D Tables 1A, 1B, 3 and Y1.

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