UFC 4-390-01
23 July 2003
APPENDIX B
DESIGN PARAMETERS FOR UNMANNED PRESSURE TEST FACILITIES
B.1
INTRODUCTION
This appendix provides guidance to the designer of an unmanned
pressure test facility in the form of requirements,
recommendations, information and preferred approaches pursuant to
safety certification. It is not to be considered as all-
inclusive. It is written to provide guidance in those areas of
design where experience exists and design parameters have been
established. The applicant must review the requirements for the
specific facility for which he is seeking certification, then
coordinate those requirements with the design guidance of this
document. Established pressure vessel design guidance are
provided in the following documents:
a)
NAVFAC DM 39, Hyperbaric Facilities
b)
ASME/ANSI PVHO-1, Safety Standards for Pressure Vessels
for Human Occupancy
c)
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII,
Division 1 and Division 2, Pressure Vessels
d)
ASME B31.1, Power Piping
The final responsibility for all aspects of a safe design lies
ultimately with the applicant and cannot be assigned to any
document or textbook.
B.2
STRUCTURAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
The information provided herein may not be applicable to every
design attribute for unique systems or systems used in unique
environments. All unusual circumstances that may affect the
system design should be brought to the attention of the SCA
during the initial design phase. The designer should consider
conditions such as the effects of shock, vibration, creep,
thermal transients, implosions, material deterioration due to
environmental effects, or any other condition that may be
applicable to a specific design.
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