X GUIDEBOOK FOR THE DESIGN OF ASME SECTION VIII PRESSURE VESSELS Fourth Edition by James R.Farr and Maan H.Jawad GUDEBOOK FOR THE DESIGN OF ASME SECTION VIII PRESSURE VESSELS Fourth Edition by James R.Farr Wadsworth,Ohio Maan H.Jawad Camas,Washington ASME PRESS 2010.ASME.3 Park Avenue.New York,NY 10016,USA (.asme.org) All rights reserved.Printed in the United States of America.Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means,or stored in a database or retrieval system,without the prior written permission of the publisher. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS WORK HAS BEEN OBTAINED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL EN- GINEERS FROM SOURCES BELIEVED TO BE RELIABLE.HOWEVER.NEITHER ASME NOR ITS AUTHORS OR EDITORS GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION PUBLISHED IN THIS WORK.NEITHER ASME NOR ITS AUTHORS AND EDITORS SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS.OMISSIONS,OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS INFORMATION.THE WORK IS PUBLISHED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ASME AND ITS AUTHORS AND EDITORS ARE SUPPLYING INFORMATION BUT ARE NOT ATTEMPTING TO RENDER ENGINEERIN...