In The Name Of God

ASME B31.4
By: Saeed Zareie – 94774013

Project: Piping Class

Dr. Moghimi

Dey 95
 Contents

 Loads

 Calculation of stresses

 Criteria for pipelines

 Materials

 Acceptable Butt Welded

 Operation and Maintenance Procedures

 Corrosion Control
ASME B31.4
ASME B31
 Code for Pressure Piping consists of a number of
individually published Sections
 Rules for each Section reflect the kinds of piping
installations considered during its development
ASME B31.4
 Pipeline Transportation Systems for
Liquids and Slurries
 Piping transporting products that are
predominately liquid between facilities,
plants, and terminals, and within
terminals, pumping, regulating, and
metering stations
Loads
 Sustained
The weight of the pipeline, Soil cover,

 Occasional
Wind, snow, temperature change, …

 Construction
Handling, storage, installation, …

 Transient
Fire, falling objects, ….
Calculation of stresses
 Circumferential, longitudinal, shear

 Relevant sustained, occasional, construction, transient

loads

 Restraints, supports, guides, sources of friction

 Calculations of pipe stresses in loops,

bends, and offsets shall be based on the
total range from minimum to maximum
temperature normally expected
Stress From Internal Pressure
Restrained
pipelines   𝑷𝒊 𝑫
𝑺 𝑯=
Unrestrained 𝟐𝟎 𝒕
pipelines

Stress From Thermal Expansion

Restrained
pipelines 𝑺  𝑬=𝑬 𝜶(𝑻 𝟏 −𝑻 𝟐)
 
Unrestrained
pipelines
 Criteria for pipelines
•    Criteria for Pipe Wall Thickness

S=F

 Criteria to Prevent Yield Failure

 Strength Criteria

  Criteria for Allowable Stress Due to

Periodic or Cyclic Loading
 Materials
 Pipe
 Seamless Carbon Steel Pipe
for High-Temperature
Service
ASTM A106
 Electric-Fusion-Welded Steel Pipe for
Atmospheric and Lower Temperatures
ASTM A671

 Fittings, Valves, and Flanges

 Large Diameter Steel Flanges
ASME B16.47
Acceptable Butt Welded Joint Design for Equal Wall Thicknesses
INSPECTION
 Visual
 Supplementary Types of Examination
 Repair of Defects

TESTING
 Testing of Fabricated Items
 Testing After New Construction
 Testing of Replacement Components
Operation and Maintenance Procedures

Safety of Liquid and Slurry

Pipeline

 Pump Station, Terminal, and Storage Facilities

Corrosion Control

Emergency Plan

Records
Safety of Liquid and Slurry
 Have written detailed plans and training
programs for employees covering
operating and maintenance procedures
 Have a plan for external and internal
corrosion control of new and existing
piping systems
 Establish procedures to analyze all failures
and accidents for the purpose of determining
the cause and to minimize the possibility of
recurrence
Corrosion Control
Buried or Submerged Pipelines

Internal Corrosion Control

 Pipelines Exposed to Atmosphere

Arctic Environments

High Temperature Service

Buried or Submerged Pipelines

Coating

 Cathodic Protection

Electrical Isolation

Casings
Offshore Liquid Pipeline Systems

Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Systems

Slurry Pipeline Systems

Offshore Liquid Pipeline Systems
Pressure Waves
Design
Conditions

Temperature Wind
Water Depth

 Design Criteria

 Pressure Design of Components

 Pipe

 Valves
Thank you …