Assessment To API 579 Part 4: General Metal Loss. Point Thickness Readings
Assessment To API 579 Part 4: General Metal Loss. Point Thickness Readings
Assessment To API 579 Part 4: General Metal Loss. Point Thickness Readings
Project Information
Site corrigo Assessment Name R-20210121-112337
Equipment Information
Equipment Name piping
Equipment Type Piping
Design Code ASME B31.3
Manufactured by ERW
Design Pressure 1.724 MPa
Design temperature 150.000 °C
Minimum Temperature °C
Hydrotest Pressure MPa
Component Information
Component Name 45
Material Specification Number A 106
Material Grade B
Component Type Cylindrical Section
Nominal Outside Diameter 168.300 mm
Nominal Thickness 10.970 mm
Supplemental Thickness 0.000 mm
Longitudinal Weld Joint Efficiency 1.000
Circumferential Weld Joint Efficiency 1.000
Mechanical Allowances - MA mm
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Information for Assessment
Internal Future Corrosion Allowance - FCAi 0.760 mm
External Future Corrosion Allowance - FCAe 0.000 mm
Internal Uniform Metal Allowance - LOSSi 0.000 mm
External Uniform Metal Allowance - LOSSe 0.000 mm
API 579 recommends a minimum of 15 thickness readings should be used unless the level of NDE utilized can be used to
confirm that the metal loss is general.
Limitations
Warnings
The tensile properties belong to the latest edition of the design code. Please make sure the value conforms with the original
design document.
References
API 579 'Fitness-for-Service', Second Edition, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Part 4: Assessment of General
Metal Loss.
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