COMPANION GUIDE TO THE BOILER PRESSURE VESSEL CODES Fifth Edition K.R.Rao Editor Companion Guide to the ASME Boiler Pressure Vessel code Criteria and Commentary on Select Aspects of the Boiler Pressure Vessel and Piping Codes Fifth Edition VOLUME 1 EDITOR K.R.RAO ASME PRESS @2018,The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME),2 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 ENGINEERS 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 SUPPLYIN...