0) NJ PART 1, SECTION 7 INSTALLATION — NBIC Pouicy FOR METRICATION a9NATIONAL BOARD INSPEGTION GODE * PART 1 — INSTALLATION PART 1, SECTION 7 INSTALLATION — NBIC PO! 74 GENERAL This policy provides guidance for the use of US customary units and metric units, Through- ‘out the NBIC, metric units are identified and placed in parentheses after the US customary units referenced in the text and associated tables. For each repair or alteration performed, selection of units shall be based on the units used in the original code of construction. For example, items constructed using US custom- ary units shall be repaired or altered using US customary units. The same example applies to items constructed using metric units. Which- ever units are selected, those units are to be used consistently throughout each repair or alteration, Consistent use of units includes all aspects of work required for repairs or altera- tions (.e. materials, design, procedures, testing, documentation, and stamping, etc.). 7.2 EQUIVALENT RATIONALE The rationale taken to convert metric units and US customary units involves knowing the difference between a soft conversion and a hard conversion. A soft conversion is an exact conversion. A hard conversion is simply per- forming a soft conversion and then rounding. off within a range of intended precision. When values specified in the NBIC are intended to be approximate values, a hard conversion is provided. if an exact value is neieded to main- tain safety or required based on using good engineering judgment, then a soft conversion will be used. In general, approximate accuracy is acceptable for most repairs or alterations performed using the requirements of the NBIC. Therefore, within the NBIC, metric equivalent “units are primarily hard conversions. sa LICY FOR METRICATION ‘The following examples are provided for further clarification and understanding of soft conver- sions versus hard conversions: : Using the above conversion, a hard mn may be 300 mm or 305 mm de- pending on the degree of precision needed. 73 PROCEDURE FOR CONVERSION The following guidelines shall be used to con- vert between US customary units and metric units within the text of the NBIC: a) All US customary units will be converted using a soft conversion. b) Soft conversion calculations will be re- viewed for accuracy. ©) Based on specified value in the NBIC, an appropriate degree of precision shall be identified, Once the degree of precision is decided, rounding up or down may be applied to each soft conversion in order to obtain a hard conversion. Use of hard conversion units shall be used consistently throughout the NBIC wherever soft conversions are not required. ee Note: Care shall be taken to minimize percentage difference between units:NATIONAL BOARD INSPEGTION CODE * PART 1 — INSTALLATION 74 REFERENCING TABLES ‘The following tables are provided for guidance and convenience when converting between US customary units and metric units. See Tables 7.A-1 through 7.4-8. ‘Temperature shall be converted to within 1°C as shown in Table 7.4-2 TABLE 74-1 Soft Conversion Factors (US x Factor = Metric) US Custo “Metric [Factor in, mm 25.4 ft ™m [03008 in? mm | 645.16 ft im 0.09290304 in? mm | 16,387,058 a = 0.02831685 US gal 0.003785412 US gal 3.785412 si 0.068948 psi sa00737 | feb 13550818 * 5/9 x(F-32) R K 5/9 lm ig 0.4535924 Tbs N 4.408222 inh (| Newm | 112.98404 feel Nem | 13558181 Ieitin MPalm | 1.0986434 Btulhe w 0.2930711 lore kgm | 6.018463 in-we kPa 0.249089 Note: The actual pressure covresponding to the height ‘of a verical coluran of fluid depends on the local ‘gravitational field and the density ofthe fluid, which intum depends upon the temperature. This conver sion factor isthe conventional value adopted by 15O. The conversion assumes a standard gravitational field (G,~ 9.80665 N/kg) and a density of water equal to 1,800 kg/m*. a Fractions of an inch shall be converted accord ing to Table 7.4-3. Even increments of inches are in even multiples of 25 mm. For example, AQ inches is equivalent to 1000 mm. interme- diate values may be interpolated rather than converting and rounding to the nearest mm. For nominal pipe sizes, the following relation- ships were used as shown in Table 7.4-4. ‘Areas in square inches (in?) were converted fo square mm (mm®) and areas in square feet (ff) were converted to square meters (m?). See ‘examples in Tables 7.4-5a and 7.4-5b. ‘Volumes in cubic inches (in.2) were converted to cubic mm (mm?) and volumes in cubic feet (f) were converted to cubic meters (m). See ‘examples in Tables 7.4-6a and 7.4-6b. Although the pressure should always be in MPa for calculations, there are cases where other units are used in the text. For example, kPa is used for small pressures. Also, rounding was to ‘two significant figures. See examples in Table 7.4-7. (Note that 14.7 psi converts to 101 kPa, while 15 psi converts to 100 kPa. While this may seem at first glance to be an anomaly, consistent with the rounding philosophy.) Material properties that are expressed in psi or ksi(e.g, allowable stress, yield and tensile TABLE 7.4-2 Temperature Equivalents ‘Temperature °F ‘Temperature °C 60 | 70 a 100 38 120 49 350 WwW 400 204 450 232 800 427 _ M50 621NATIONAL BOARD INSPEGTION CODE * PART 1 —.INSTALLATION strength, elastic modulus) were generally con- verted to MPa to three significant figures. See _| Pipe Sizes/Equivalents example in Table 7.4-8. US Catomaey | etic pace An often seen metric pressure rating is the ex- NPS 18 DNG pression BAR, one BAR equals 14.5 psi — to NPS 1/4 DNS convert psi rating to a BAR rating, multiply by NPS 3/8 DN10 0.069. NPS 1/2 DN 15 NPS 3/4 DN20 NEST DN25 NPS 1-1/4 ON32 TABLE 7.4-3 NPS 1-1/2 DN 40 US Fractions/Metric Equivalents NPS2 DN 50 Inches NPS2-172 DNGS: a NPS 3 N80 | - NOS 3-122 DN90 | 3064 NPS 4 DN 100 we 15 NPS 5. DN 125 382 25 NPS6 DN 150 V8 3 NPS 8 DN 200 NPS 10 DN 250 a NPS 12. DN 300. 3n6. NPS 14 DN 350 72 NPS16 DN 409 wa NPS 18 DN450 mag NP5.20 DN 500 NPS.22 DN 350 ee NPS 24 DN 600 7A6 NPS 26. DN 650 12 NPS 28 DN 700 a6 NPS 30 DN 750 me [nes 32 DN 800 NPS34 DN 850 aaa: NPS 36 DN 900 34 NPS 38 DN 950. 716 NeS40 | DN 1000 7 NPS 42 DN 1050, NPS 44 BN 1100 L_ NPS 46 DN 1150 NPS 48 DN 1200, | NPS50 DN 1250 NPS 52 DN 1300__| NPS 54 DN 1350 NPS 56 DN 1400, NPS 58: DN 1450 | NPS.60 ON 1509 szNATIONAL BOARD INSPECTION CODE * PART 1 — INSTALLATION Table,7.4-5a _ TABLE 7.4-7 7 [Area (Us Customary) | Area(Metiy ||| Pressure/Equivalents [ om ona Pressure (US Customary)_| Pressure (Met r ink 3,900 mn? 05 pst 3 kPa 1oint 6,500 mn 2 pst | 15k 3 psi 20 kPa 10 psi 70 kPa Table 7.4-5b isi canes: ‘Area (US Customary) | Area (Metric) a obi 5 fe 0.46 mm? Te Sone 100 Hl 700 kPa, 150ps Table 7.4-6a 200 pi ‘Area (US Customary) [Area (Metric) 250 pal ine 16,000 min? 300 psi in? 96,000 mn? 350 ps ___ 10m "160,000 mm? +400 pst 500 psi Table 7.4-6b $00 pst ‘Area (US Customary) ‘Area (Metric) 1.200 pst = clam 1,500 psi 1034 MPa Table 7.4-8 ‘Strength (US Custom: Strength (Metric) 95,000 psi 655 MPa 93NATIONAL BOARD INSPECTION GODE * PART 1 — INSTALLATION 94