Brian J. Whitbeck
Project METEOR
Week 4 Progress Report
My research portion on ASME code is going well. I have talked to Linette Koren at the RIT library and she is working on getting us a copy of the BPVC code. Below I compliled some information as to what BPVC is by copying and pasteing text from a few repitible websites, such as ASME and Wikipedia.
The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC)
BPVC-BINDER - 2004 Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code 04 Complete Set with Binders
Sections of this set that are of interest to the METEOR Project
- BPVC-VIII - 2004 BPVC Section VIII- Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels Division 1
- BPVC-VIII-2 - 2004 BPVC Section VIII-Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels Division 2-Alternative Rules
- BPVC-VIII-3 - 2004 BPVC Section VIII-Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels Division 3-Alternative Rules High Pressure Vessels
- BPVC-X - 2004 BPVC Section X-Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels
- BPVC-CC-BPV - 2004 BPVC Code Cases: Boilers and Pressure Vessels
Other readings: (this is the one we really need that is specific to our cause)
- Megyesy, Eugene F. (2004, 13th ed.) Pressure Vessel Handbook. Pressure Vessel Publishing, Inc.: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. Design handbook for pressure vessels based on the ASME code.
What is considered a pressure vessel, legally?
A pressure vessel is a closed, rigid container designed to hold gases or liquids with a gas back-up at a pressure different from the ambient pressure.
The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC)
The largest ASME standard, both in size and in the number of volunteers involved in its preparation, is the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC). BPVC is a standard that provides rules for the design, fabrication, and inspection of boilers and pressure vessels. The BPVC consists of twelve volumes as follows:
- I - Power Boilers
- II - Materials
- Part A - Ferrous Materials Specifications
- Part B - Nonferrous Material Specifications
- Part C - Specifications for Welding Rods, Electrodes and Filler Metals
- Part D - Properties (Customary units)
- Part D - Properties (Metric units)
- III - Rules for Construction of Nuclear Facility Components
- Division 1, Subsection NCA - General Reqs for Divisions 1, 2, and 3
- Division 1, Subdivision NB - Class 1 Components
- Division 1, Subdivision NC - Class 2 Components
- Division 1, Subdivision ND - Class 3 Components
- Division 1, Subdivision NE - Class MC Components
- Division 1, Subdivision NF - Component Supports
- Division 1, Subdivision NG - Core Support Structures
- Division 1, Subdivision NH - Class 1 Components in Elevated Temp Service
- Division 1, Appendices
- Division 2, Code for Concrete Reactor Vessels and Containment
- Division 3, Containment Systems & Transportation Packaging of Spent Nuclear Fuel
- IV - Heating Boilers
- V - Nondestructive Examination
- VI - Recommended Rules for the Care and Operation of Heating Boilers
- VII - Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Power Boilers
- VIII - Pressure Vessels
- Division 1
- Division 2 - Alternative Rules
- Division 3 - Alternative Rules for Construction of High Pressure Vessels
- IX - Welding and Brazing Qualifications
- X - Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels
- XI - Rules for In-service Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components
- XII - Rules for Construction and Continued Service of Transport Tanks
VIII. Pressure Vessels
Division 1 - Provides requirements applicable to the design, fabrication, inspection, testing, and certification of pressure vessels operating at either internal or external pressures exceeding 15 psig.
Division 2 - Alternative Rules, provides requirements applicable to the design, fabrication, inspection, testing, and certification of pressure vessels operating at either internal or external pressures exceeding 15 psig.
Division 3 - Alternative Rules for Construction of High Pressure Vessels, provides requirements applicable to the design, fabrication, inspection, testing, and certification of pressure vessels operating at either internal or external pressures generally above 10,000 psi.
In addition, I have come across some programs that are written with the engineer and ASME standards in mine that may be useful when having to verify that our rocket is in compliance. The embedded file below is for a high-pressure vessel that has an elliptical head (nose cone like the Holy Grail rocket). I have 5 other similar programs for other volumes as well.
I also worked mostly with Garett on a lot of deliverables this week so that the rest of the team could focus on making the drawings necessary for the Friday conference. They included: The QFD, Exhibit 6-4, Exhibit 6-6, Exhibit 6-9, and the Pugh Matrix.
With the time and thought I put into my research and the number of deliverables I worked on the team; I would like to give myself a fair 9.5 / 10.