I am trying to evaluate (for proposed loading) 14” double tee floor sections on an existing laboratory built in 1965. A Louisville,KY local firm, Dolt & Dew (which is out of business) fabricated them. I have searched the load tables in the 1971 PCI handbook but cannot seem to find any double...
Can anyone tell me what national consensus code(s), if any, might state requirements for pressure/vacuum relief devices on poly bins? I work mostly with steel ASME code pressure vessels. The manufacturers of these bins normally do not even state the MAWP's. They are really only rated for...
API 520, 4.4.1.1 gives a formula for calculation of relief valve thrust for compressible fluids with critical steady state flow. Assuming that the outlet piping is very short, or none at all, how does one best detetmine the value to use for P, the static pressure within the outlet at the point...
I checked the Compass handbook & found that Carpenter 20Cb-3 is rated "A to 16% to 80 F". The application is at a drinking water treatment facility where 12.5% sodium hypochlorite is dosed into drinking water at ambient temperature. We used some 1/2" threaded fittings designated "ASP USA B473...
