ASME B31.3 and B31.1 Practical Piping Design for Process and Power Applications
What you'll learn
By participating in this course, you will learn how to successfully:
Identify the responsibilities of personnel involved in the design, fabrication, assembly, erection, examination, inspection, and testing of process and/or power piping
Describe the scope and technical requirements of the ASME B31.3 Code as well as differences in ASME B31.1.
Apply and implement the quality requirements that are defined in the ASME B31.3 and B31.1 Code.
Explain the principal failure modes of piping components and where to look for them
Describe the layout and simplified and formal analysis techniques
Who should attend?
This course is designed for engineers, managers and quality personnel who are involved in the design, manufacturing, fabrication, and examination of process piping that is being built to the requirements of U.S. Codes & Standards.
Engineers entering the piping design and analysis field
Practicing piping engineers requiring background on Code compliance and trends in piping design, analysis, and fabrication
QA/QC personnel
Piping Designers involved in the design, layout, of pressure piping systems.
Process Plant Layout and Piping Design, Level-III
What you'll learn
Implement Design Strategy: Develop and enforce a comprehensive Basis of Design (BOD) for layout, driving standardization and compliance across the project.
Manage Brownfield Constraints: Master the advanced planning and execution required for integrating new piping systems into existing plant infrastructure (Brownfield projects), minimizing shutdown time and maximizing safety.
Optimize Project Cost (Value Engineering): Apply Value Engineering (VE) principles to layout decisions to achieve quantifiable reductions in CAPEX (material costs) and OPEX (maintenance and energy costs).
Lead Safety and Review Workshops: Effectively participate in and lead HAZOP, SIL, and advanced 3D Model Review sessions, driving corrective actions that resolve critical risks.
Validate Stress Analysis Feedback: Critically review the Stress Analysis Report to ensure the final layout satisfies mechanical integrity requirements and manage design iteration cycles efficiently.
Develop Modularization Plans: Evaluate the technical feasibility and cost benefits of modularization and offsite fabrication for large sections of the plant.
B31.1 Power Piping
What you'll learn
Identify the difference between “Design by Rule” and “Design by Analysis” codes.
Discover the principal failure modes of piping components and where to look for them.
Recognize the difference between pressure component design and structural design.
Investigate the importance of piping flexibility.
Discuss how to develop stress intensification factors.
Recognize how to qualify nonstandard fittings and joints.
Identify materials selection and limitations, fabrication rules and their bases
Explain welding qualification requirements, inspection, examination, and testing requirements
Identify the Code requirements for power piping maintenance
B31.8 Gas Transmission & Distribution Piping System
What you'll learn
Explain the causes and modes of pipeline failure
Describe the considerations for material specifications, pipe manufacturing, and pipe joining
Estimate pipeline stresses from external loading
Explain how to evaluate pipeline defects
Identify pipeline repair techniques
Identify the elements of pipeline integrity
Explain how code requirements address these issues
Explain the differences between B31.8 and US DOT gas pipeline regulations
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Intermediate
ASME BPV Code, Section VIII, Division 2: Design & Fabrication of Pressure Vessels
$600.00
ASME BPV Code, Section VIII, Division 2: Design & Fabrication of Pressure Vessels
What you'll learn
Explain how the requirements of Divisions 1 and 2 of Section VIII compare
Explain the theories of failure and design margins of various codes
Identify the general requirements of the new Division 2
Describe design rules and stress analysis methods
Explain fatigue analysis
Identify materials and fabrication requirements
Identify NDE requirements, pressure testing, and pressure relief requirements
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Piping Flexibility and Support
What you'll learn
Paving the way of piping designer to consider code provision.
Provide mandatory introduction to piping stress engineering.
Complete awareness on piping supporting system for construction and maintenance engineers.
Intermediate
Piping Resilient Supports. Selection, Spec’s, Procurement, Installation and Maintenance
$480.00
Piping Resilient Supports. Selection, Spec’s, Procurement, Installation and Maintenance
What you'll learn
Covers the whole cycle of resilient support, starting by design and ends at maintenance.
Understanding the true function and clear the popular myth.
Change the focus on pipe support from just a member to important asset.
Pipe Stress analysis and supporting systems for piping designers
What you'll learn
Eliminate Design Iterations: Proactively design layouts that meet mechanical requirements, directly reducing costly communication loops and eliminating re-work cycles between the Piping Design and Stress Analysis teams.
Translate Code to CAD: Gain the essential knowledge of stress analysis criteria (e.g., thermal flexibility, support span limits) and learn to implement these ASME B31 code rules directly within your 3D modeling environment.
Master Load Vector Generation: Understand precisely how your layout decisions (routing, branch connections, component weight) directly translate into critical load vectors that determine the compliance of the entire system.
Optimize Support System Placement: Select and place piping support systems not just for weight, but to effectively control displacement and manage moment loads, making the system inherently mechanically sound from the initial draft.
Accelerate Deliverable Approval: Structure and prepare piping deliverables (Isometrics, Plan Views) to proactively address the stress engineer's needs, leading to faster review cycles and accelerated project turnover.
Validate Constructability & Compliance: Achieve true engineering synergy by ensuring your designs are simultaneously constructable, cost-efficient, and fully compliant with ASME flexibility and sustained stress limits.
