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Find a detailed description of the ASME BPVC code section related to fiber-reinforced plastic pressure vessels and pre-order the individual section below:
This section is intended for professionals concerned with the design, fabrication, assembly, erection, examination, inspection and testing of pressure vessels, including:
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Pre-order ASME BPVC Section X: Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels
ISBN: 9780791871010
This Section provides requirements for construction of an FRP pressure vessel in conformance with a manufacturer's design report. It includes production, processing, fabrication, inspection and testing methods required for the vessel. Section X includes three Classes of vessel design; Class I and Class III - qualification through the destructive test of a prototype and Class II - mandatory design rules and acceptance testing by nondestructive methods. These vessels are not permitted to store, handle or process lethal fluids. Vessel fabrication is limited to the following processes - bag-molding, centrifugal casting and filament-winding and contact molding. General specifications for the glass and resin materials and minimum physical properties for the composite materials are given.
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